This time around it is starting to feel real. In a recent interview with YC chief Gary Tan, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman shared his insights about AGI (artificial general intelligence), hinting that AGI may be within reach as soon as 2025.
“I think we are going to get there faster than people expect,” he said, underscoring OpenAI’s accelerated progress.
“We actually know what to do… it’ll take a while, it’ll be hard, but that’s tremendously exciting,” said Altman, reflecting on their recent advancements, signaling that internal developments have already surpassed public expectations.
OpenAI seems to have cracked AGI internally
OpenAI’s strategic focus, rooted in scaling laws and deep conviction, has been pivotal in its progress towards AGI. It emphasises the underestimated value of “a fairly extreme level of conviction on one bet.”
“We said from the very beginning we were going to go after AGI at a time when in the field you weren’t allowed …