The Plans of ChatGPT Founders

Hey there, this is Beeps! Here are our main topics of the week:

• 💡 OpenAI's Plans, According to Sam Altman

• ⚒️ Asana Unveils Asana Intelligence

• 🤷‍♂️ Most Americans haven't tried ChatGPT yet

• 💻 AI Is Writing Code Now. For Companies, That Is Good and Bad.

• 🕹️ An AI named Voyager is playing Minecraft on its own!

• 🤖 AI Industry Leaders Warn of Potential Extinction-Level Risks

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1/6  OpenAI's Plans, According to Sam Altman

Get ready for cheaper and faster GPT-4, folks! OpenAI is determined to drive down the "cost of intelligence." During a recent discussion, Sam Altman spilled the tea on OpenAI's near-term roadmap. They're aiming for context windows with a whopping 1 million tokens, making your chats even chattier. The finetuning API will see improvements, and they might even launch a marketplace for community models. But don't hold your breath for ChatGPT plugins just yet. Sam says they lack PMF (whatever that means). And here's a relief: OpenAI won't be competing with you, except in the ChatGPT arena. They want to be customers of their own product, like some great platform companies. Sam also believes in regulation for future models but insists on keeping things open source. Scaling laws still hold, and bigger models are coming, but not by orders of magnitude. So, AGI might be closer than we think. Brace yourselves!

2/6   Asana Unveils Asana Intelligence: AI-Powered Tools for Work Management

Introducing Asana Intelligence, the super-smart AI that helps teams make better decisions and optimize work results. With data-driven intelligence, you'll get faster decision-making and automatic recommendations to eliminate bottlenecks, reallocate resources, and achieve goals. Worried about resource management? Asana Intelligence lets you monitor and adjust your team's resources based on past and future capacities. Plus, Asana's Health Check feature identifies hidden problems, unanswered questions, and obstacles. Boost productivity with self-optimizing workflows and a nifty writing assistant. Say goodbye to time-consuming tasks and hello to streamlined efficiency!

3/6   Most Americans haven't tried ChatGPT yet

Most Americans have heard of ChatGPT, but few have tried it. Only 14% of adults have used this chatbot, despite its media attention and human-like responses. Higher education and wealthier individuals are more aware of it. Men and younger adults are more likely to know about ChatGPT. Opinions on its usefulness are mixed, with around 40% finding it somewhat useful. However, ChatGPT has faced criticism for providing inaccurate information and making false claims. It can be convincing due to its eloquent prose and citation of nonexistent sources. Younger adults find it more useful than older adults. Overall, ChatGPT has generated buzz, but its adoption remains limited.

4/6  AI Is Writing Code Now. For Companies, That Is Good and Bad.

Get ready for the AI takeover! Generative AI coding tools are promising to revolutionize software development, making life easier for developers and boosting productivity. Exciting, right? Well, some tech leaders are concerned about the consequences of too much code, too fast. It turns out that with great power comes great complexity, technical debt, and confusion. Imagine trying to manage a never-ending pile of software. Yikes! But hey, it's not all doom and gloom. Companies like United Airlines, Johnson & Johnson, and Goldman Sachs are still thrilled about the potential of generative AI. Sure, there are risks, but they're willing to take the leap into this brave new world of code. Let's just hope the machines don't write a bunch of shoddy code. That would be embarrassing.

5/6   An AI named Voyager is playing Minecraft on its own!

Introducing Voyager, the first agent in Minecraft powered by large language models (LLM). This incredible agent is like an explorer on steroids, constantly discovering new things and acquiring skills all on its own, no human intervention needed. How does Voyager do it? Well, it has an automatic curriculum for maximum exploration, a skill library full of complex behaviors, and a fancy iterative prompting mechanism for program improvement. It even interacts with the mighty GPT-4 through blackbox queries, bypassing the need for tedious model fine-tuning. Empirical results? Mind-blowing! Voyager learns rapidly, plays Minecraft like a pro, and achieves feats that leave other agents in the dust. It's like Voyager has its own secret tech tree! Check out the full codebase and prompts, they're open-source and ready to wow you.

6/6  A.I. Industry Leaders Warn of Potential Extinction-Level Risks: Time to Take Artificial Intelligence Seriously

A.I. industry leaders issue a grave warning: artificial intelligence could lead to our extinction. Yup, you read that right. Executives from OpenAI, Google DeepMind, and Anthropic, among others, are comparing the potential risks of A.I. to pandemics and nuclear weapons. They're not just spouting nonsense either; over 350 experts in the field have signed a statement emphasizing the need to prioritize the mitigation of A.I.'s existential threat. Sure, some skeptics argue that the technology isn't advanced enough to pose such dangers, but these industry insiders are sounding the alarm. They're even advocating for tighter regulation and government intervention. Talk about a plot twist. So, while A.I. continues to entertain us with chatbots and boost productivity, we might want to pay attention to the warnings of those building this technology. Our future could be at stake.

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