Sam Altman's Fever Dream, 2025.01.13
Description
Not only is OpenAI's new o3 model allegedly breaking records for how close an LLM can get to the mythical "human-like thinking" of AGI, but Sam Altman has some, uh, reflections for us as he marks two years since the official launch of ChatGPT. Emily and Alex kick off the new year unraveling these truly fantastical stories.
References:
OpenAI o3 Breakthrough High Score on ARC-AGI-Pub
From the blog of Sam Altman: Reflections
The brain is a computer is a brain
Fresh AI Hell:
"Time to Edit" as a metric predicting the singularity (Contributed by Warai Otoko)
Seattle Public Schools calls ChatGPT a "transformative technology"
A GitHub pull request closed because change would have been unfriendly to "AI" chat interface
Elsevier rewrites papers with "AI" without telling authors, editors
The UK: mainlining AI straight into their veins
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Music by Toby Menon.
Artwork by Naomi Pleasure-Park.
Production by Christie Taylor.
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