Early this morning, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman rare released a long article interpretation - The Intelligent Age.
Altman stated that AI will greatly enhance human capabilities in the coming decades, helping us to accomplish things that our grandparents thought were like magic, just like ancient people seeing today's smartphones and electric cars.
Soon, we will have superintelligence that will have intelligence levels far beyond humans. It will be able to quickly process and analyze massive amounts of data, extract valuable information from it, and make precise decisions.
For example, in the medical field, superintelligence can help doctors diagnose diseases more accurately and develop personalized treatment plans; in the transportation sector, it can optimize traffic flow to reduce congestion and accidents; in the education sector, it can provide every child with an AI learning companion, making educational resources more equitable.
Altman believes that after thousands of years of scientific discoveries and technological advancements, we already know how to melt sand, add some impurities, and with astonishing precision, manufacture computer chips in tiny spaces, which run on energy, ultimately creating increasingly powerful AI systems.
So, what is the key to opening the door to the next era of superintelligence? Altman summarizes it in four words - Deep Learning.
Deep learning is an AI technology that mimics the way the human brain processes data and creates patterns to perform complex tasks. At its core is neural networks, data processing models composed of multiple layers that can automatically learn from large amounts of data and extract features without the need for explicit human programming to identify these features.
Deep learning algorithms have extraordinary capabilities to learn from massive datasets and gradually improve their performance. With the increase in computing power and available data, deep learning capabilities are becoming stronger and can solve problems that were previously difficult to overcome. ChatGPT, Suno, Midjourney are all typical products of deep learning.
However, Altman points out that technology has taken us from the Stone Age to the Agricultural Age, and then to the Industrial Age. Now we are entering the Intelligent Age, which requires computing power, energy, data, and human will to accomplish.
If we want to put AI into as many hands as possible, we need to reduce the cost of computation, making it abundant (which requires a lot of energy and chips). If we do not establish enough infrastructure, AI will be a very limited resource and will become the main tool of the wealthy.
On the contrary, if we can widely promote AI in a cost-effective manner, soon everyone will have an AI assistant to help us perform specific tasks in fields such as healthcare, education, finance, law, and drive progress in various sciences
Altman firmly believes that the characteristic of the intelligent era will be tremendous prosperity, solving climate issues, establishing space colonies, and discovering all physics will become commonplace. At the same time, we also need to recognize the negative impacts that AI may bring and strive to maximize its benefits while minimizing its harm.
People have a desire to create and be useful to each other, and AI will enable us to amplify our capabilities like never before.
After reading Altman's long article, some netizens sighed that deep learning is indeed effective.
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A very good interpretation, the intelligent era is not science fiction.
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Altman is walking on the road of the intelligent era, do you feel lonely?
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After reading this long article, the biggest impression on me is that within a few thousand days, we may have the ability of super intelligence.
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The interpretation is excellent! I believe that future historians will say that November 30, 2022, will be the first year of the intelligent era.
Before the release of the o1 model, I would doubt your claim about the intelligent era, but now I believe.
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The future intelligent era is bright, but we need to put in more effort to achieve it.
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman explored the arrival of the intelligent era in a lengthy article, emphasizing that AI will greatly enhance human capabilities in the coming decades, helping us accomplish tasks that were once considered magical. He predicted that superintelligence will rapidly emerge, surpassing human intelligence levels and providing precise decision-making in fields such as healthcare, transportation, and education. Altman pointed out that deep learning is the key technology to unlock this era, mimicking the way the human brain processes data and driving continuous advancements in AI systems

Sam Altman's long article interprets the intelligent era, where superintelligence will soon emerge!