"There are few things tech companies like more than rolling out marketing-tested slogans that sound like cutting-edge breakthroughs, but turn out to be nothing more than stale, old wine in new bottles. It's a lot easier to roll out a slogan than do the hard work of creating something new. So, it's difficult not to be cynical about Microsoft's announcement this month that it's forging a new path in AI - what it calls " Humanist Superintelligence (HSI).""
"To understand Suleyman's post, you need to understand the current Holy Grail of most AI researchers and tech executives - AGI, an acronym for Artificial General Intelligence. AGI is the ability of a machine to reason like a human being, on a kind of superhuman scale. A machine that had achieved AGI would be able to work on just about any task, be able to adapt to new situations without needing training and would have the autonomy to learn and take actions without human intervention."
Humanist Superintelligence (HSI) is presented as a human-centered AI vision that pairs the concept of superintelligence with humanist values. The rollout provokes skepticism because tech marketing often recycles buzzwords instead of delivering substantive innovation. The HSI framing contrasts with the prevailing AGI objective, which aims for machines that reason like humans at superhuman scale, adapt without retraining, and act autonomously. HSI positions humanity-first principles against AGI's promise of broad autonomous capability, raising questions about whether the proposal is a meaningful new direction or primarily slogan-driven.
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