Sam Altman's OpenAI Issues A Warning, Says Superintelligence AI May Outclass Humans Soon

OpenAI has always, at least pretended, to care about humanity and natural resources. And in the same direction, the AI firm has issued a warning suggesting that the world may soon enter an era where machines will outperform the smartest humans, and society is not even fully prepared for that situation. As per a new policy paper and public remarks, OpenAI has asked for urgent changes to how economies, governance systems, and jobs function, suggesting that the transition to 'superintelligence' could happen very soon. The document dubbed 'Industrial Policy for the Intelligence Age' mentions a vast set of ideas focused on preparing governments and institutions for the change. It talks about the future where AI systems no longer work as just tools

for particular tasks but entities capable of handling complex work that could take humans weeks or months to accomplish in the current times.Talking about the same at the recently held AI Impact Summit of India. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman suggested that the transformation may arrive sooner than anyone is expecting. He said, 'By the end of 2028, more of the world's intellectual capacity could reside inside data centres than outside them.'OpenAI, Anthropic And Google Join Hands To Tackle AI Model Copying In China: Here’s What It MeansFurthermore, the CEO also talked about the way these systems will revolutionise research and leadership roles. He said, 'A superintelligence, at some point on its development curve, would be capable of doing a better job as CEO of a major company than any executive could, or certainly doing better research than our best scientists.'Coming back to the document, it talked about the fact that systems that were only able to manage repetitive tasks are now able to do a lot more than that. If things continue at this speed, then the next big breakthrough will be the creations of systems that can beat humans in multiple niches.