The discussion is a community response to VERSES, a company declaring a path to Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). curt.kennedy highlights that VERSES asks OpenAI to effectively stop their own AGI development and assist VERSES, as per OpenAI’s charter. The move prompts various thoughts about whether VERSES is genuinely close to AGI or if this is just seeking attention. Multiple users, including TonyAIChamp and N2U, express skepticism, calling it hype-hunting and raising questions about the underpinning Bayesian model.
Despite the skepticism, some users like elmstedt, natanael.wf, and curt.kennedy suggest that VERSES deserves investigation, particularly because of its respected technical staff led by Karl Friston. They recommend a deeper look into the published papers and product demonstrations. However, users such as RonaldGRuckus and vb question VERSES’ publicity strategies, arguing that a product close to AGI wouldn’t need such initiative.
The conversation also touches on concerns about the “assist” clause in OpenAI’s charter. For instance, TonyAIChamp, natanael.wf, and jeff8 note potential issues such as causing problems for OpenAI, the ambiguity in the definition of “comes close to AGI,” and the setting of a tricky precedent.
Intriguingly, plasmatoid shares their contact with VERSES, briefly outlining a series of advanced hardware and specialized algorithmic interventions that could lead to AGI. The thread concludes with a discussion on the definition of AGI, with inputs from curt.kennedy, tventura94, and Foxabilo, who stress on the significance of memory, humor, initiation of conversation, and subjective human-like responses in the discernment of AGI.
Summarized with AI on Jan 2 (GPT-4-32k)