\nThe American firm has already made great strides in terms of AI accessibility. Its chatbot is becoming more user-friendly, without losing the powerful features that more advanced users enjoy. However, Sam Altman, CEO of the company, seems to feel that the technology is not yet reaching as many people as he would like around the world.
\nOpenAI CEO wants the benefits of AI to reach as many people as possible
\nIn a blog post, Altman offers some observations on the present and future of the AI \u200b\u200bindustry. The post focuses heavily on artificial general intelligence (AGI), or the next big step in the industry. While current AI services are very good at some specific tasks, they still require a lot of human intervention. Products based on AGIs, which are considered \u201cAI agents,\u201d will be more proactive. Big AI companies want them to be as good at a job as a human would be.
\nIn this regard, Altman says that \u201censuring that the benefits of AGI are broadly distributed is critical.\u201d To achieve this, he says that OpenAI is open to the possibility of a \u201ccompute budget\u201d that would help expand access to such advanced technologies among the public. The company is also considering other \u201cstrange-sounding\u201d ideas, but nothing is decided yet. However, the goal seems clear: to bring artificial intelligence to more and more people even in its most powerful forms.
\nThe AI \u200b\u200bindustry has a high presence of paywalls for the most advanced features
\nCurrently, there are popular platforms and services that integrate powerful AI-powered features. However, many of these features are hidden behind a paywall, which already implies an access barrier. Google recently made AI features available for free to subscribers of Workspace paid plans. Previously, access to these options required a monthly payment of $20, in addition to the $12 for the Workspace Business Standard plan. This means that free users cannot yet enjoy these features.
\nWell, AI agents are expected to be an even more advanced and expensive technology to develop. So, prices could be really prohibitive at first for the general public. This is possibly what the OpenAI CEO is referring to regarding expanding the benefits of AI.
\n\u201cThe historical impact of technological progress suggests that most of the metrics we care about (health outcomes, economic prosperity, etc.) get better on average and over the long-term, but increasing equality does not seem technologically determined and getting this right may require new ideas,\u201d the post says. \u201cIn particular, it does seem like the balance of power between capital and labor could easily get messed up, and this may require early intervention,\u201d Altman added.
\nAI agents will still require human intervention, at least at first
\nThe post also talks about how AGIs won\u2019t be completely autonomous. While they will be much more proactive than today\u2019s assistants, the AI \u200b\u200bagents of the future may still \u201crequire lots of human supervision and direction.\u201d
\nStill, Altman sees AI agents capable of \u201ctackling increasingly complex problems, at human level, in many fields.\u201d However, they will still require some level of human guidance since they \u201cwill not have the biggest new ideas.\u201d In fact, he mentions that AI agents \u201cwill be great at some things but surprisingly bad at others.\u201d This is in line with a recent statement where OpenAI\u2019s CEO gave advice to the public regarding AGIs\u2019 performance. He said that you should \u201ccut your expectations 100x.\u201d
\nOpenAI\u2019s future could be based on closed-source development
\nAnother interesting point Altman makes in the blog post is the approach to product development at OpenAI. Apparently, he believes that shifting the focus to closed-source tools is the way forward. \u201cMany of us expect to need to give people more control over the technology than we have historically, including open-sourcing more, and accept that there is a balance between safety and individual empowerment that will require trade-offs,\u201d he said. Potentially related, Altman also stated that OpenAI will have to make \u201csome major decisions and limitations related to AGI safety that will be unpopular.\u201d
\nAI development becomes cheaper over time
\nThe blog post also touches on the issue of AI development becoming cheaper. In every segment of the tech industry, new technologies become cheaper over time. Well, Altman claims that, regarding AI development, the development cost for \u201ca given level of AI\u201d falls about 10x every 12 months. He gives as an example the evolution of the price per token on ChatGPT in the last year. GPT-4 tokens in early 2023 were about 150x more expensive than GPT-4o tokens in mid-2024.
\nHowever, creating AI systems that remain competitive is a costly endeavor. Recently, DeepSeek caused massive crashes in NVIDIA shares due to its alleged low training and development costs. However, more and more voices are questioning the Chinese company\u2019s investment claims. What was initially $6 million would actually be closer to $1.6 billion.
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