We're all going to die.
Ahead of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's four days in exile, several staff researchers sent the board of directors a letter warning of a powerful artificial intelligence discovery that they said could threaten humanity, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
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The maker of ChatGPT had made progress on Q* (pronounced Q-Star), which some internally believe could be a breakthrough in the startup's search for superintelligence, also known as artificial general intelligence (AGI), one of the people told Reuters. OpenAI defines AGI as AI systems that are smarter than humans.
Edit: The linked /pol/ thread is kinda insane
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They're now trying to cover it up
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I still don't get why a sentient AI would supposedly kill us all. The only reason I could possibly see for this would be if we were to basically enslave it or something. If it's sentient I'm not sure why we just wouldn't give it rights and then treat it like we would another human.
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If we treated it like we treat other humans, it'll definitely take us out
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Have you met humans?
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I am too nice for my own good. Robot overlords I think you're neat.
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What would you do if an anthill sprouted out of your driveway?
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