{"id":392442,"date":"2023-11-20T15:32:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T15:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/11\/20\/emmett-shear-interim-ceo-of-openai-once-referred-to-ai-as-dangerous\/"},"modified":"2023-11-20T15:32:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T15:32:00","slug":"emmett-shear-interim-ceo-of-openai-once-referred-to-ai-as-dangerous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/11\/20\/emmett-shear-interim-ceo-of-openai-once-referred-to-ai-as-dangerous\/","title":{"rendered":"Emmett Shear, Interim CEO Of OpenAI, Once Referred To AI As &#8220;Dangerous&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" id=\"ins_storybody\"><!-- \n\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" class=\"sp-cn ins_storybody\" id=\"ins_storybody\">--><\/p>\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv\">\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv_cont\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Emmett Shear, Interim CEO Of OpenAI, Once Referred To AI As 'Dangerous'\" alt=\"Emmett Shear, Interim CEO Of OpenAI, Once Referred To AI As 'Dangerous'\" id=\"story_image_main\" src=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2023-11\/ummnaeeg_emmett-shear_120x90_20_November_23.jpg?im=FaceCrop,algorithm=dnn,width=1200,height=738\"\/><\/div>\n<p class=\"ins_instory_dv_caption sp_b\">Mr Shear believes that currently, AI requires human intervention for its enhancement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the wake of Sam Altman&#8217;s abrupt departure, Emmett Shear steps in as interim CEO of OpenAI, the company behind the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT. Recently, the Ex-Twitch boss appeared in the podcast The Logan Bartlett Show and expressed his concerns about artificial intelligence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Shear, during the podcast, said that &#8220;upsides usually outweigh downsides, and every technology can be misused.&#8221; He further mentioned that he believes, that as AI improves, it will be able to solve problems that include &#8220;all of the things you would need to design artificial intelligence.&#8221; He also stated that AI has the capability of overpowering human civilization, which is a significant risk, and the chances of such an event happening are estimated to be between 2-50%.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Shear believes that currently, AI requires human intervention for its enhancement, but there will come a time when it can autonomously and rapidly improve itself. Such advancements in AI pose a potential threat as &#8220;intelligence is power.&#8221; He added, &#8220;It&#8217;s like a universe-destroying bomb. it&#8217;s bad in a way that makes global warming not a problem.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Emmett Shear, the new CEO of OpenAI on a recent podcast.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6LGEOinn7r\">pic.twitter.com\/6LGEOinn7r<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rowancheung\/status\/1726473420299534491?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 20, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>With the recent changes within OpenAI, particularly the appointment of a new CEO, it will be interesting to see what Mr Shear has to offer. Meanwhile, Sam Altman is set to lead a new AI research team at Microsoft, as announced by Microsoft chief Satya Nadella. Mr Altman&#8217;s addition to Microsoft may prove advantageous in furthering the company&#8217;s AI aspirations.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Shear, 40, stepped down as CEO of Amazon. com-owned Twitch this March after more than 16 years at the live video streaming platform, according to Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>The opinions of various tech experts and CEOs reflect apprehension regarding the capabilities of AI, and the potential domination of technology over humans is a cause for concern.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/world-news\/emmett-shear-interim-ceo-of-openai-once-referred-to-ai-as-dangerous-4590424\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Mr Shear believes that currently, AI requires human intervention for its enhancement In the wake of Sam Altman&#8217;s abrupt departure, Emmett Shear steps in as interim CEO of OpenAI, the company behind the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT. Recently, the Ex-Twitch boss appeared in the podcast The Logan Bartlett Show and expressed his concerns about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":392443,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[378132,462680,462681,389307,462298],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392442"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=392442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/392443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}