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This is part of Microsoft and OpenAI marketing/branding strategy. Similar wording was used during the acquisition when OpenAI used "pre-AGI" in their press rele
by belval 5y ago
This is part of Microsoft and OpenAI marketing/branding strategy. Similar wording was used during the acquisition when OpenAI used "pre-AGI" in their press release:
> Instead, we intend to license some of our pre-AGI technologies, with Microsoft becoming our preferred partner for commercializing them.*
It's mostly arguing about semantics and it's fine and common in research circles. Sam Altman is pretty out of line with his comment saying LeCun lacks vision because he doesn't adhere to their hype (my opinion) based wording. Aside from that it's just business as usual, no need to stop every time academics argue.
https://openai.com/blog/microsoft/?utm_source=angellist https://openai.com/blog/microsoft/?utm_source=angellist
- bonoboTP 5y agoIn self-driving, I believe the Levels 1-5 helped define what people actually mean. I wonder if we could come up with such level definitions for AGI.
- kfarr 5y agoYes, and perhaps analogous, the self driving levels help regulators, press, and general public differentiate between marketing puffery and substance.
- anonymoushn 5y agoThe levels are helpful, but you still get companies saying they are "building a level 5 autonomous vehicle" and then telling you it only works in their geofence.