"Our goal is to advance digital intelligence in the way that is most likely to *benefit humanity* as a whole, unconstrained by a need to generate financial return ... Since our research is free from financial obligations, we can better focus on a *positive* *human impact*." https://openai.com/blog/introducing-openai/
So their mission is (to put it simply) to attempt to push AGI research towards a positive outcome. "The outcome of this venture is *uncertain* and the work is difficult, but we believe the goal and the structure are right. We hope this is what matters most to the best in the field." https://openai.com/blog/introducing-openai/ So it seems they themselves are uncertain as to the outcome of their venture. "It's hard to fathom how much human-level AI could benefit society, and it's equally hard to imagine how much it could damage society if built or used incorrectly. Because of AI's surprising history, it's hard to predict when human-level AI might come within reach. When it does, it'll be important to have a leading research institution which can prioritize *a good outcome for all *over its own self-interest" https://openai.com/blog/introducing-openai/ So they seem to believe that if AI was created by a for profit company then that company would use that AI for their own self-interest, where as if you have an organization (like OpenAI) which is free from financial obligations then such an organization would be free to create AI for the betterment of all of mankind. "If I’m Dr. Evil and I use it, won’t you be empowering me? Musk: I think that’s an excellent question and it’s something that we debated quite a bit. Altman: There are a few different thoughts about this. Just like humans protect against Dr. Evil by the fact that most humans are good, and the collective force of humanity can contain the bad elements, we think its far more likely that *many, many AIs, will work to stop the occasional bad actors* than the idea that there is a single AI a billion times more powerful than anything else. If that one thing goes off the rails or if Dr. Evil gets that one thing and there is nothing to counteract it, then we’re really in a bad place." https://medium.com/backchannel/how-elon-musk-and-y-combinator-plan-to-stop-computers-from-taking-over-17e0e27dd02a#.aojim3ery Their rationale for making this openly available, is the belief that doing so would result in many AGI's which would compete with each other and in this way provide protection from one single super intelligence from taking over. On Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 2:52 PM, Robert Levy <[email protected]> wrote: > I didn't get the impression that Musk was anti-AGI, but rather he > expressed some unfortunately worded concerns about the specific way in > which AGI is approached being important. From this perspective it makes > perfect sense that he would want to direct the course of AGI development in > the way he believes to be safe for the future of humankind. The problem > isn't AGI itself, it's the way those other people might do it, who aren't > me! > > On Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 11:46 AM, Steve Richfield < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> HI all, >> >> Am I missing something here, or is this really as stupid as it sounds?!!! >> >> On the one hand, Musk says that AI is "humanity greatest existential >> threat" and then he pledges money to develop that threat?!!! Bad guys, e.g. >> the military industrial complex, can simply take whatever OpenAI develops >> and turn it on US. >> >> I have seen NOTHING suggesting any great value in AGI over fully funding >> human efforts in the same areas that AGI is being promoted. Geniuses have >> always been able to get to the bottom of things - IF they can live well >> while doing so and not be impaired by competing interests. If you think AGI >> can somehow sidestep these influences, think again, as these influences are >> pervasive. Heck, even just living as we do is seen by some people as being >> SO much of a threat that they are willing to kill themselves just to impair >> a pleasant Friday evening in Paris. >> >> If not for drug company influence, I believe most chronic illnesses would >> have been cured long ago. If not for self-serving mismanagement of our >> economy, space travel would now be as routine as vacation travel. Thorium >> reactors appear to be the cheap and simple solution to limitless energy, >> with more thorium now being discarded than would be necessary to power the >> world, yet special interests have kept thorium reactors from being >> developed (see YouTube videos about this) >> >> Our system is SO mis-controlled "our" government won't even reduce the >> length of a workweek to promote full employment - as some other countries >> have done. Having an AGI come up with these same sorts of solutions would >> be of ZERO value, because in present human society they would NOT be >> implementable, unless you are contemplating the AGI of *Colossus, the >> Forbin Project*. >> >> ONLY in the hands of unscrupulous entities (e.g. Skynet) could the AGI of >> people's misguided dreams truly thrive without effective impairment by the >> entirety of humanity. >> >> If these guys see SOME way their investments could do anything but create >> humanity's greatest existential threat, then PLEASE let me in on the secret. >> >> *Steve* >> ======= >> >> On Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 5:49 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> http://futurism.com/links/19499/ >>> >>> >>> >>> *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> >>> <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/10443978-6f4c28ac> | >>> Modify <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> Your Subscription >>> <http://www.listbox.com> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Full employment can be had with the stoke of a pen. 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