| ▲ | wewewedxfgdf 4 days ago | |
I just don't care about AGI. I care a lot about AI coding. OpenAI in particular seems to really think AGI matters. I don't think AGI is even possible because we can't define intelligence in the first place, but what do I know? | ||
| ▲ | voidhorse 4 days ago | parent | next [-] | |
They care about AGI because unfounded speculation on some undefined future in which some kind of breakthrough of unknown kind but presumably positive is the only thing currently buoying up their company and their existence is more of a function of the absurdities of modern capital than it is of any inherent usefulness of the costly technology they provide. | ||
| ▲ | ThrowawayR2 4 days ago | parent | prev [-] | |
Seems likely that AGI matters to OpenAI because of the following from an article in Wired from July: "I learned that [OpenAI's contract with Microsoft] basically declared that if OpenAI’s models achieved artificial general intelligence, Microsoft would no longer have access to its new models." | ||