So. a quick overview of where we are today in April 2024.
1. We have seen Israel, Ukraine, Russia and Iran all use drone swarms in the war that are operated by AI.
2. I argue that the current definition for AGI is not the relevant inflection point. AI does not need to be smarter than any person on the earth for us to hit a major inflection point. When AI is better for Fortune 500 companies than hiring college graduates that will be the major inflection point. When you have college graduates from Harvard, Yale, Berkley, Cal Tech, MIT, etc. with 240k in college debt and they can't get a job, that will be when the US wakes up to the threat, and I am predicting that we will see that this June in 2024.
3. Many argued that when AI could train itself that this would be the major inflection point, we have already passed that point. Not only so but we have also learned that by simply scaling up our computers we can make AI smarter, faster, and more capable. We now have AI that can train itself by watching Youtube videos. We also have AI that can make synthetic data to train itself, this shifts the speed at which AI is improving into an even higher gear.
4. Some are predicting that the AI we have now will replace 100 million jobs in the West. That is about 20% of the workers. However, that is not referring to those that replaced by machine learning, like the cashiers that are replaced by self checkout kiosks. Nor does it refer to drivers replaced by self driving cars or drones. Nor does that refer to the workers that 3d printers replace. It doesn't refer to fast food workers replaced by robots like the totally automated McDonalds, nor does it refer to the waiters and waitresses replaced by those computers on the table that you can use to order your meal. When you look at all the automation that can replace workers today in the US you are looking at 60% of the workforce, not 20%.
5. I and others are arguing that this summer we will reach AGI. However, the definition that I will be using is not the standard one. Generally AGI means the AI is better than all people at all things. I use that for ASI (artificial super intelligence). Instead I understand AGI to mean that Artificial intelligence is a better hire for a Fortune 500 company than any person would be. It is faster, cheaper, more reliable and smarter than any new hire or person without experience. Also it will improve exponentially faster than any new hire will. In every way possible it will give a better return on investment than hiring college graduates. It may be that a new hire will score slightly hire on some test than AI, but for every test a human can outperform AI in the AI will be able to outperform the same human in five other tests. Also, AI has improved from being a very smart 6th grader to a very smart college graduate in one year. AI is also improving at a faster rate now than it did a year ago. It is very reasonable to think that AI used at Fortune 500 this year will be performing at the level of elite workers with 15 years experience in less than a year.
6. AI is also a very good programmer. They are using AI to edit its own software. So it can run through millions of lines of code, make tiny little edits and improvements, but the net effect will be significant. Then, as AI improves as a result of the edits they can use it to again edit the software. We are seeing improvements in the software, improvements in the hardware, and improvements in the data being fed to it. All of these are contributing to exponential growth in the rate at which it learns and improves.
7. AI is also being used to design new chips and simulate them. Improving the architecture and efficiency of the computer also results in AI growing exponentially.
8. So then what is the future for man? We will see Elon Musk's neuralink explode. With each person that is hooked up to neuralink you will be feeding AI even more data to see the world through the eyes of a human being. If 100 people are hooked up the AI will get 100 years of experience in one year. If a million people are hooked up it will get a million years of experience in one year. They will have entire armies hooked up. This will become the only way to get a job at a fortune 500 company*.
*The reason I refer to fortune 500 companies is because they have the resources to have a powerful AI specifically trained to do their work. They will very soon be able to put all other competitors without those resources out of business.