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AI could enable "widely distributed abundance," OpenAI said.
It could also be "potentially catastrophic."
Experts warn against rapidly developing superintelligence.
OpenAI is warning about the dangers of runaway AI systems, even while it competes with other major tech developers to build "superintelligence" -- an as-yet theoretical machine intelligence that outperforms the capabilities of the human brain.
In a blog post titled "AI Progress and Recommendations," published Thursday, the company outlined its vision for the broad-scale social benefit that such an advanced AI could confer upon humanity, the risks that could be encountered along the way, and some suggestions for mitigating them. Here's what it all means.
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