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Sam Altman Says Superintelligence Could Arrive in "A Few Thousand Days" 🤯

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Gina Acosta
September 24, 2024

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Welcome to another edition of Horizon AI,

Sam Altman posted a message on his personal website discussing his vision for AI in the near future and making some bold statements.

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Here's what's new today in the Horizon AI

  • Superintelligence Could Be Just Years Away, Says OpenAI CEO Sam Altman 🤯

  • Google Launches Vids, an AI-Powered Video Creation App for Work

  • AI Tutorial: Convert PDFs into an audio podcast, lecture, summary and others

  • AI Tools to check out

  • The Latest in AI and Tech 💡

  • AI Findings/Resources

AI News

OPENAI

Superintelligence Could Be Just Years Away, Says OpenAI CEO Sam Altman 🤯

Sam Altman has shared his bold vision of an AI-driven future in a rare personal blog post. Titled "The Intelligence Age," Altman discusses the potential of deep learning and the imminent arrival of AI superintelligence, which he claims could be achieved in a little over two years.

Details:

  • Altman emphasizes that deep learning can tackle complex problems across various fields, from climate change to space exploration, thanks to its ability to learn from vast amounts of data.

  • He predicts that AI superintelligence could emerge within a few thousand days, much sooner than most experts anticipate.

  • While current AI serves as an assistant to humans, Altman envisions a future where everyone has a personal AI team with virtual experts in many areas.

Despite the optimistic outlook, Altman notes challenges like computing costs and the need for advanced infrastructure, warning of potential conflicts over AI resources. He also recognizes that AI will change the job landscape with both positive and negative effects. However, he believes there will always be new opportunities for people.

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GOOGLE

Google Launches Vids, an AI-Powered Video Creation App for Work

Google has launched Google Vids, an AI-powered video editor that aims to simplify video creation.

Details:

  • Using Gemini AI, it takes your video's theme and handles everything else, from generating slides to writing scripts and sourcing stock footage, promising to reduce hours of work to just minutes.

  • Users can tweak scripts, change visuals, and add scenes easily. You can even record your voice directly in the app.

  • The tool is designed to reduce the time and cost traditionally associated with video production.

With AI doing the heavy lifting, content creators can focus more on their creativity. The tool is currently available to Workspace Labs and Gemini Alpha users, with a wider release expected by the end of the year.

AI Tutorial

Convert PDFs into an audio podcast, lecture, summary and others

MIT researchers developed PDF2Audio as an alternative to Google's "Audio Overviews." This tool offers flexibility and customization, enabling users to generate podcasts, lectures, discussions, and summaries from complex documents.

Here’s how to use it:

  1. Go to the Hugging Face Space version of the tool.

  2. Upload one or multiple PDFs

  3. Select a template

  1. Customize the other options if needed, and enter your OpenAI API key.

  2. Click "Generate Audio" and wait a few minutes.

  3. Listen to the result, then download or share it.

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AI Findings/Resources

The latest in AI and Tech

LinkedIn has paused using UK user data for AI training after privacy concerns were raised by the Information Commissioner’s Office. The move follows a quiet policy update amid backlash over data practices.

OpenAI is working to strengthen a new research team focused on multi-agent systems, which is the third level on its five-level scale for measuring progress toward AGI.

Spotify's AI Playlist feature, which crafts playlists from text descriptions, is now available in the US, Canada, Ireland, and New Zealand for Premium users, expanding from its initial UK and Australia launch.

Google has partnered with Volkswagen to introduce an AI-powered smartphone assistant that allows drivers to ask maintenance questions or point their phone cameras at vehicle dashboards to receive relevant information.

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