A humanoid AI robot in Geneva, July 5.
Photo: fabrice coffrini/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesThe mission of a for-profit company is, well, profit, the greatest return for investors.
That’s the profound ethical crisis at the heart of artificial general intelligence development (“Capitalism Works, Says ChatGPT” by Holman Jenkins, Jr., Business World, Nov. 22).
Open AI’s nonprofit mission has been to guard humanity against the possible (and seemingly ever more probable) danger of unleashing artificial general intelligence on the world.
If the controlling factor is mere profit, look for the nightmare.
Persons:
fabrice coffrini, ChatGPT ”, Holman Jenkins , Jr, “ won’t
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Agence France
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Geneva