What are tech moguls saying about AI, AGI and 'creating God'

Sam Altman - CEO of OpenAI

Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, has described his vision for the next-gen form of AI, artificial general intelligence (AGI) as akin to a God-like entity.

In 2023, he predicted OpenAI’s ChatGPT would leverage the company’s various partnerships to funnel into what Altman sees as a “single product": a “magic” AGI.

“Right now, people [say] ‘you have this research lab, you have this API [software], you have the partnership with Microsoft, you have this ChatGPT thing, now there is a GPT store,’” Altman told the Financial Times. “But those aren’t really our products. Those are channels into our one single product, which is intelligence, magic intelligence in the sky. I think that’s what we’re about.”

In a blog post from Sept. 2024 — or roughly 365 days ago — Altman predicted the arrival of an AI “superintelligence” within a “few thousand days.”

“It is possible that we will have superintelligence in a few thousand days (!),” he wrote. “It may take longer, but I’m confident we’ll get there.”