In Three Words, ‘Deep Learning Worked’

OpenAI chief Sam Altman recently published a blog titled “The Intelligence Age,” in which he says, “It is possible that we will have superintelligence in a few thousand days (!); it may take longer, but I’m confident we’ll get there.” Altman credited ‘deep learning’ as the driving force behind AI’s rapid progress, saying that humanity has discovered an algorithm capable of learning from massive datasets with increasing precision. He said, “In three words: deep learning worked.” “In 15 words: deep learning worked, got predictably better with scale, and we dedicated increasing resources to it,” he quipped. He believes AI can solve complex problems, including climate change, space colonisation, and fundamental physics. “That’s really it; humanity discove