There has been a lot of talk recently about artificial intelligence (AI) with many of the great minds of our time warning for a cautious approach to the future of AI. Some of these people include Stephen Hawking, Bill Gates and Elon Musk. They have urged the general public and government to be wary of the future of AI. They also insist that we ensure that when a fully functioning AI is created that its goals are aligned with ours. They have also warned the governments to not pursue any AI integrated military ventures, but the US government has not listened. Thus the Elon Musk and others have decided to support ventures such as OpenAI that want to see the possible bright future of AI come to light.
What is OpenAI?
They are a non-profit research company, looking to lead the path of AI to a future that benefits humanity best, whatever that may be. Supported by Elon Musk (Co-founder of Tesla Motors, PayPal, SpaceX and Zip2), Peter Thiel (Co-founder of PayPal), Jessica Livingston (Co-founder of Y Combinator) and Reid Hoffman (Co-founder of LinkedIn). As you can see these are powerful, brilliant people, who believe in a bright future with a controlled, safe push into the field of AI. OpenAI, which is co-chaired by Elon Musk and Sam Altman, is an amazing initiatives that gives hope that our future is in good hands. It is companies like this that are leading us in the right direction, a direction that leads to human-computer cooperation.
To learn more about them check out their website.
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