Researchers at the ever-growing tech company and maker of ChatGPT, OpenAI, are sharing that artificial intelligence with human-level “reasoning” is close to completion.
The news was shared in reports from Reuters and Bloomberg as the tech world continues to argue about whether or not today’s AI will excel at anything other than generating text and images.
According to the report from Bloomberg, an internal document from OpenAI defined five levels of artificial general intelligence that include Chatbots, AI equipped with “conversational” language; Reasoners, which have “human-level” problem-solving; Agents, with systems that can take actions; Innovators, AI that can aid in invention; and Organizations, AI that does the work of an organization.
During a company meeting last week, OpenAI leaders reportedly told employees that its systems were working at level 1, Chatbots, but they were on the “cusp” of achieving level 2, Reasoners, Bloomberg reported.
Reuters reported about a long-rumored project at OpenAI named “Strawberry,” which involves an AI model that can reason at a human level, plan ahead, work out problems, and perform “deep research” independently.
While the reports suggest that the new level of artificial intelligence is around the corner, rumors have circulated about AI since last November, when the company’s board failed to oust CEO Sam Altman.
A day before the board announced his firing, Atlman said during an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation event that the company had pushed “the veil of ignorance back and the frontier of discovery forward.”
The push towards advancing AI and implementing the technology has taken the world by storm. While companies continue to push towards AI, many are starting to worry about the impacts it would have not only on real people’s jobs but also on the power grid and the environment.
Earlier this month, Google shared its annual environment report, which found that since 2019, the company’s greenhouse gas emissions have soared by 48%, with the leading cause being the push to incorporate AI into its core products.
Google said that the push to AI had “increased data center energy consumption and supply chain emissions.”
OpenAI’s mission statement says it wants to “ensure” its artificial general intelligence “benefits all of humanity,” though its description of the tech remains vague.