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In Davos, Sam Altman softens tone on AGI two months after OpenAI drama
Two months after being fired by the OpenAI board, CEO Sam Altman has displayed a softened tone at the World Economic Forum in Davos about AGI.
Two months after being fired by the OpenAI nonprofit board ( only to be rehired a few days later), CEO Sam Altman has displayed a noticeably softened — and far less prophetic — tone at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland about the idea that powerful artificial general intelligence (AGI) will arrive suddenly and radically disrupt society. For example, in a conversation today with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella — their first joint public appearance since the OpenAI drama — and The Economist editor-in-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes, Altman said that “I don’t think anybody agrees anymore what AGI means.” Microsoft’s Nadella, for his part, appeared unconcerned, saying that the two companies needed to put restraints into their partnerships to make sure that a future AGI amplified the benefits of the technology and dampened any unintended consequences.
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