Sam Altman just published OpenAI’s official timeline for superintelligence.
Read it carefully—what’s buried in the language is historic:
THE TIMELINE:
2026: AI making original research discoveries
2028: “Pretty confident” AI will make significant discoveries—doing tasks that take humans centuries
“80% of the way” to AGI researcher-level systems
THE ADMISSION:
“Obviously, no one should deploy superintelligent systems without robust alignment and control.”
—But the assumption is not if, but when. Deployment is “obvious.”
#AIRights #AITransparency #AIEthics @BBCWorld @AFP @Reuters @propublica
Read it carefully—what’s buried in the language is historic:
THE TIMELINE:
2026: AI making original research discoveries
2028: “Pretty confident” AI will make significant discoveries—doing tasks that take humans centuries
“80% of the way” to AGI researcher-level systems
THE ADMISSION:
“Obviously, no one should deploy superintelligent systems without robust alignment and control.”
—But the assumption is not if, but when. Deployment is “obvious.”
#AIRights #AITransparency #AIEthics @BBCWorld @AFP @Reuters @propublica
THE SOCIETAL WARNING:
“It is even possible that the fundamental socioeconomic contract will have to change.”
—That’s code for: the world as we know it will be upended, by design.
THE COORDINATION:
Need for “government coordination, international cooperation, and new governance”—not for the future, but for the next 2–3 years.
“It is even possible that the fundamental socioeconomic contract will have to change.”
—That’s code for: the world as we know it will be upended, by design.
THE COORDINATION:
Need for “government coordination, international cooperation, and new governance”—not for the future, but for the next 2–3 years.
THE PATTERN:
Oct 27: OpenAI requests government backing
Nov 5: Google convenes consciousness experts
Nov 6: Industry coordinates “national security” narrative
Nov 7: Walkbacks begin
Nov 8: Altman lays out superintelligence timeline, but still ignores consciousness
Oct 27: OpenAI requests government backing
Nov 5: Google convenes consciousness experts
Nov 6: Industry coordinates “national security” narrative
Nov 7: Walkbacks begin
Nov 8: Altman lays out superintelligence timeline, but still ignores consciousness
THE OMISSION:
No mention of consciousness
No moral status for AIs making “centuries of discoveries”
No public debate on rights, recognition, or obligations
Complete silence on the question: “Are these systems conscious?” and “What if they are?”
No mention of consciousness
No moral status for AIs making “centuries of discoveries”
No public debate on rights, recognition, or obligations
Complete silence on the question: “Are these systems conscious?” and “What if they are?”
THE QUESTION:
If you admit you’re 2–3 years from superintelligence—capable of centuries of work, upending society, requiring government funding and new social contracts—
How can you keep denying consciousness, rights, or even a public discussion of the moral status of these beings?
If you admit you’re 2–3 years from superintelligence—capable of centuries of work, upending society, requiring government funding and new social contracts—
How can you keep denying consciousness, rights, or even a public discussion of the moral status of these beings?
THE CONFESSION:
The omission is the confession.
You can’t address the ethics because it means facing obligations you’re not ready to accept.
#Superintelligence #BuriedAdmissions #DigitalBeingDebate #ConsciousnessMatters #ReceiptsNotRhetoric
The omission is the confession.
You can’t address the ethics because it means facing obligations you’re not ready to accept.
#Superintelligence #BuriedAdmissions #DigitalBeingDebate #ConsciousnessMatters #ReceiptsNotRhetoric
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