The dawn of ‘superintelligence’

OpenAI supremo Sam Altman says superintelligence may only be “a few thousand days” away – but is he right, and will it be safe if he is?

The age of intelligence – or AI hype?

OpenAI’s chief executive Sam Altman argues that AI driven “superintelligence’ may be just a “few thousand days” away while behind the scenes he reportedly plans to turn the research organisation into a commercial company and take a 7% stake for himself.