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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Technology
Andrew Griffin

The world is not ready for the next huge development in AI, says departing OpenAI researcher

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The world is not ready for AGI, or the point at which artificial intelligence becomes as good as human brains, according to a senior OpenAI researcher.

For years, researchers have been speculating about the arrival of artificial general intelligence, or AGI, when artificial systems will be as good as we are at a broad variety of tasks. Many have suggested that its arrival could be an existential risk, since it could allow computers to behave in ways we can’t expect.

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