Paytm CEO Vijay Shekhar expresses concern about human extinction, shares OpenAI’s ChatGPT creator blog post

Paytm CEO Vijay Shekhar has expressed concerns about the potential threat of superintelligent artificial intelligence (AI) wiping out humanity. Shekhar shared a blog post by OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, discussing the formation of a new team to monitor superintelligent AI systems. OpenAI emphasized that while superintelligence could potentially solve important global issues, it also poses significant risks, including the disempowerment or even extinction of humanity. Shekhar echoed these concerns in a tweet, highlighting the accumulation of power by certain individuals and countries. His apprehensions align with those of Geoffrey Hinton, regarded as the Godfather of AI, who warned that AI could surpass human intelligence and called for serious consideration of the consequences. OpenAI acknowledged the need for scientific and technical breakthroughs to control potentially superintelligent AI systems. They plan to develop an automated alignment researcher and employ scalable training methods to align superintelligence. The goal is to prevent future superintelligent AI from going rogue by finding ways to control and direct their actions.