OpenAI Scale Ranks Progress Toward ‘Human-Level’ Problem Solving
The company believes its technology is approaching the second level of five on the path to artificial general intelligence
OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman has previously said he expects artificial general intelligence could be reached this decade.
Photographer: David Paul Morris/BloombergOpenAI has come up with a set of five levels to track its progress toward building artificial intelligence software capable of outperforming humans, the startup’s latest effort to help people better understand its thinking about safety and the future of AI.
The ChatGPT maker, seen by many as a leader in the race to build more powerful AI systems, shared the new classification system with employees on Tuesday during an all-hands meeting, an OpenAI spokesperson said. The tiers, which OpenAI plans to share with investors and others outside the company, range from the kind of AI available today that can interact in conversational language with people (Level 1) to AI that can do the work of an organization (Level 5).
OpenAI executives told employees that the company believes it is currently on the first level, according to the spokesperson, but on the cusp of reaching the second, which it calls “Reasoners.” This refers to systems that can do basic problem-solving tasks as well as a human with a doctorate-level education who doesn’t have access to any tools.