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The world is not ready for the next huge development in AI, says departing OpenAI researcher

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The world is not ready for AGI, or the point at which artificial intelligence becomes as good as human brains, according to a senior OpenAI researcher. Now the person tasked with ensuring that ChatGPT developer OpenAI is ready for its arrival has said that both the world and the company itself is “not ready”. Miles Brundage had previously served as OpenAI’s “senior adviser for the readiness of AGI”, but announced his departure this week as the company said it would wind down the team. The lack of preparedness is not “controversial statement among OpenAI’s leadership, and notably, that’s a different question from whether the company and the world are on track to be ready at the relevant time”.

The Independent

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