Why Superintelligent AI Isn't Taking Over Anytime Soon
A primary requirement for being a leader in AI these days is to be a herald of the impending arrival of our digital messiah: superintelligent AI.
For Dario Amodei of Anthropic, Demis Hassabis of Google and Sam Altman of OpenAI, it isn't enough to claim that their AI is the best. All three have recently insisted that it's going to be so good, it will change the very fabric of society.
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