Altman's Stanford Speech: Focusing on Current AI Limitations Is Futile, GPT-5 Will Render All Efforts Obsolete
GPT-5 Preview: Sam Altman Reveals the Future
Sam Altman left Stanford. But he is now an AI superstar. He gives new hope to many students. Altman runs OpenAI. He is tech's new golden boy.
Nvidia's CEO gave OpenAI a DGX H200 computer. It was the first one in the world. This shows Nvidia believes in AI. It also hints at AI progress.
A photo of the CEOs has gone viral. They are smiling. You can see their love for tech's future.
Sam Altman gave a talk at Stanford. It was at the Nvidia Auditorium. Over 1000 students came.
The place was full. Every seat had a person in it. Some students stood in the halls. There was no more room.
Sam talked about AI's future. He shared three main points:
1. AI is moving fast:
GPT-5 will be better than GPT-4. Each new GPT will be smarter. We are far from the best AI can do.
Copying GPT-4 is easy now. But real change means making AI do new things. AI could change the world like the iPhone did.
2. The road to AGI:
OpenAI wants to make AGI. Sharing all AI code may not be the best.
Free ChatGPT helps the world and OpenAI's goals. Make AI cheap and easy to use everywhere to help all people.
ChatGPT should make humans better, not have feelings.
Don't fear super AI. Each new AI is better than the last. This lets us keep making progress.
3. Chances for new ideas and startups:
Don't just fix AI's limits now. GPT-5 and GPT-6 will make those fixes pointless later.
New AI like Sora can change fun. It can mix movies and games just for you.
AI startups can do well. But they need more than just AI to succeed.
AI beats humans at chess. But people still like watching humans play. But some teens like AI therapists more than human ones.
In short, Sam sees big changes coming from AI. It will get smarter fast. OpenAI will chase AGI to help the world. And AI will open doors for new ideas and businesses.
Additionally, the Stanford Daily summarized some key points from Altman's speech.
Sam said OpenAI's goal has not changed since 2015. They want AGI to help all people. But the company has changed a bit. It now has a part that sells stocks to make money. But it still works for the same goal.
OpenAI needs a lot of money for computers and smart people. Sam does not care if they spend $500 million or even $50 billion a year. He thinks AI will help the world so much that it will be worth it. They just need to find ways to pay for it.
Many people like ChatGPT. But Sam thinks it is just okay. He says GPT-4 is the worst AI that everyone will have to use. But he believes in putting out new AI bit by bit, even if it is not perfect.
Sam thinks we need to be ready for new tech. It should be made carefully and put out slowly.
AGI seems scary. But Sam thinks it will make life better. "People will do more amazing things with better tools. History shows this."
AGI can do a lot of good things. It can make schools better for all. It can help find cures. It can make fun things. It can help us go to space.
AGI may do what lawyers and doctors do. Then poor people can get help too, not only the rich.
Sam thinks people get used to new tech fast. When GPT-4 came out, people were scared for two weeks. They thought it would change the world forever. But now, they just want GPT-5.