What Are AI 'Agents' For?
Briefly

OpenAI's recent messaging strategies have generated significant confusion and speculation about its future plans, particularly regarding artificial general intelligence (AGI). While CEO Sam Altman oscillates between teasing significant breakthroughs and urging calmness, this duality has seemingly fueled both excitement and craziness among observers. OpenAI has attracted considerable investment and interest, despite its mixed messages, which some argue is a strategic choice to maintain intrigue while communicating the need for continued development in AI technologies.
Trying to parse all the rumors about OpenAI's plans for the future is crazymaking - it does, in fact, seem to be driving a not-insignificant number of people sort of insane.
As a communications strategy, this has clearly been effective, or at least not gotten in the way. Massive amounts of capital are lining up behind OpenAI, in the form of direct investment...
One moment CEO Sam Altman is posting riddles about being unsure whether or not his company has achieved artificial general intelligence, or AGI, which will either usher in an era of acceleration toward terrifying superintelligence or 'matter much less' than people expect.
Altman and his staff are insisting that the hype is getting out of control and that we're 'early' in a new 'paradigm,' with lots of work to do on the way to... somewhere.
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