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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOpenAI\u2019s claim focuses less on a simple performance race and more on how long and autonomously AI can carry out the research process. [Photo: Shutterstock]<\/p>\n
OpenAI has hinted it could reach artificial general intelligence (AGI) within this year. It has not declared it has achieved AGI, but internally it judges it could soon secure a system close to AGI.<\/p>\n
On Aug. 26, local time, blockchain outlet Cryptopolitan reported that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (\uc0d8 \uc54c\ud2b8\uba3c) said in an interview with Time that OpenAI has not \u201cfully reached\u201d AGI, but \u201cwill soon have a version close to it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Inside OpenAI, some assess that substantial progress toward AGI has been made. Chief Research Officer Mark Chen (\ub9c8\ud06c \uccb8) said current progress is about 80 percent toward AGI. Co-founder Greg Brockman (\uadf8\ub809 \ube0c\ub85d\uba3c) said the current period could later be judged as the time when AGI first appeared.<\/p>\n
OpenAI\u2019s confidence is underpinned by a new model line called Astra. OpenAI introduced Astra last year as a system that mimics an automated research assistant. Chief scientist Jakub Pachocki (\uc57c\ucff1 \ud30c\ucd08\ud0a4) claimed Astra has already reached the level it originally targeted.<\/p>\n
Astra aims to do more than simply answer questions. According to Pachocki, if a user presents an experimental task, Astra can write the required code in OpenAI\u2019s internal software environment, run the experiment and retrieve the results.<\/p>\n
There was also an explanation that if a research paper is provided as input, it can carry out the research task within a week. This shows the potential to develop into a \u201cpersistent agent\u201d that can perform tasks over long periods without humans directing every step.<\/p>\n
The capability OpenAI ultimately wants to verify through Astra is not simple automation. The core test is whether it can actually create new knowledge, beyond organizing existing information or finding already known answers.<\/p>\n
Altman said at a customer preview event that Astra would be \u201cthe first model to invent something new in a way that really matters.\u201d He added, \u201cThat is a very AGI-like thing.\u201d<\/p>\n
This is interpreted as meaning OpenAI views not only autonomous task execution but also the ability to make new discoveries and inventions as important in judging AGI. It envisions a virtuous cycle in which AI conducts research on its own and uses the results to develop better AI.<\/p>\n
Some also view autonomous research AI as still far from AGI. Key issues are whether AI based on large language models (LLMs) can actually generate new discoveries, and whether it can generalise knowledge across tasks in diverse fields rather than being limited to specific research.<\/p>\n
Another variable is that the definition of AGI itself is unclear. OpenAI defines AGI as \u201ca highly autonomous system that outperforms humans at most economically valuable work.\u201d Researchers differ in the standards they use to judge AGI.<\/p>\n
Ultimately, OpenAI\u2019s 2026 AGI target is expected to be assessed alongside debate not only over real advances in AI technology but also over how far the definition of AGI should extend. Whether Astra can advance to the level of independently creating new knowledge is expected to be a key point that will determine the possibility of an OpenAI declaration of AGI.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OpenAI\u2019s claim focuses less on a simple performance race and more on how long and autonomously AI can…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":152735,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[6744,3013,10769,415,157,370],"class_list":["post-152734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-agi","tag-agi","tag-artificial-general-intelligence","tag-astra","tag-llm","tag-openai","tag-sam-altman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}