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   The Independent :press: (independent@press.coop)'s status on Thursday, 23-Nov-2023 23:58:56 JST The Independent :press:

   OpenAI researchers warned of powerful AI discovery before CEO fired

   Some staff at ChatGPT creator believe breakthrough relates to startup’s search for what’s known as artificial general intelligence (AGI) #press

   https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/ai-openai-chatgpt-agi-sam-altman-b2452244.html?utm_source=press.coop

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     HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 23-Nov-2023 23:58:55 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴

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     BREAKING NEWS:

     Has #OpenAI really made a giant step towards "real AI", aka #ArtificialGeneralIntelligence (#AGI)?!?

     via @Independent

     OpenAI declined to comment on the letter but acknowledged in an internal message to staffers a project called #Q* and a letter to the board before the weekend’s events, one of the people said.

     An OpenAI spokesperson said that the message, sent by long-time executive #MiraMurati, alerted staff to...
     
     https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/ai-openai-chatgpt-agi-sam-altman-b2452244.html

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     HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 23-Nov-2023 23:59:59 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴

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     ...certain media stories without commenting on their accuracy.

     Some at #OpenAI believe #Q* (pronounced Q-Star) could be a breakthrough in the startup’s search for what’s known as artificial general intelligence (AGI), one of the people told Reuters. OpenAI defines #AGI as autonomous systems that surpass humans in most economically valuable tasks.

     Given vast computing resources, the new model was able to solve certain mathematical problems, the...

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     HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 24-Nov-2023 00:01:51 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴

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     ...person said on condition of anonymity because the individual was not authorised to speak on behalf of the company. Though only performing maths on the level of grade-school students, acing such tests made researchers very optimistic about Q*’s future success, the source said.
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     I can remember a lot of #AI researchers publicly saying, "not in my lifetime,"...well:

     https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/109894787077782438

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     HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 24-Nov-2023 06:30:58 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴

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     • the economist

     @Independent

     Update:

     @theeconomist has the BACKGROUND STORY on the ousting of #SamAltman at #OpenAI and is discussing it with industry experts on today's #Moneytalks podcast:

     "Play it again, Sam Altman

     In five days, OpenAl's boss was fired by its board; hired by #Microsoft, the startup's biggest investor; and returned to his post at OpenAl. Yet things
     cannot be as they were: the
     shuffle will have consequences
     for the darling of the
     artificial-intelligence...

     https://i.sonnet.fm/nvLuCyJCdGQc55JaA

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     HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 24-Nov-2023 06:31:53 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴

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     ...community and for the industry as a whole.

     Hosts:
     Tom Lee-Devlin,
     Alice
     Fulwood and
     Mike Bird.

     Guests:
     Benedict Evans, a technology
     analyst and former venture
     capitalist, and
     The Economisťs
     Arjun Ramani and Ludwig Siegele

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