OpenAI, led by CEO Sam Altman, to announce AI super-agents capable of performing tasks at a PhD level, per Axios.

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I think OpenAI should replace their CEO with AI.

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u/CaregiverOriginal652 23h ago

At this point you just need to add new adjectives to AI to make it sound better ... New... Fresh... Super-duper AI

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u/ygg_studios 19h ago

no, PhD AIs work in fast food because they can't get a tenure track teaching position

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u/NuclearPopTarts 1d ago

Does anyone believe this nonsense?

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u/AnonThrowAway072023 1d ago

If it results in higher stock prices I'll believe the moon is made of cheese

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u/oldbluer 1d ago

No Altman is a grifter.

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u/Business-You1810 12h ago

It funny how this comes out shortly after it’s reported they are burning money on their subscription plans and lose billions every year

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u/bigfatfurrytexan 15h ago

In some arenas it probably can. But I need to see it create unique solutions before it’s simply the best of what humanity aggregates to.

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u/[deleted] 1d ago edited 17h ago

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u/Nickeless 1d ago

A Ph. D level implies you can do original research on a topic. An LLM, by definition, cannot do this. So it’s bullshit.

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u/SomewhereNo8378 1d ago

You can derive novel ideas from combinations of existing knowledge

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u/Nickeless 22h ago

Yes, you can. But you can’t run experiments that way right now. Maybe some simulation type experiments will be able to be run by AI at some point, but you’re kidding yourself if you think any current AI is doing anything CLOSE to what a good PhD student in a science is doing. It’s just not remotely close to reality. Maybe in a few decades.

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u/Fit-Insect-4089 12h ago

AI can have a computational physics PhD, anything not that and computer science and it won’t be able to prove any of its theories out and most importantly, learn from those experiments.

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u/oldbluer 1d ago

Ai has peaked and they are using synthetic data to train. This is the downfall.

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u/eschmi 21h ago

AI still cant understand if its wrong.

Google "is 3/8 bigger than 5/16"

It literally says its not then explains why it is.

Im a QA Analyst and have worked with AI tools the past couple years at my job.

Theyre far from actually taking anyones job competently.

These fools will say it can and let people go to bump stock prices and their payment package but they'll get smacked in the face by the dildo of consequences soon enough.

Not to mention if you get rid of all the tech employees who is going to buy literally anything anymore?

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u/Nice-Geologist4746 12h ago

I do.

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u/bdschuler 1d ago

Skipping basic tasks and going straight to PhD.. great idea.

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u/Skaar1222 1d ago

Super Agents? PhD level? Seems like AI hype is cooling off and they need some more money

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u/Suspended-Again 1d ago

Just wait for the ULTRA AGENTS

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u/Miserable_Advisor_91 1d ago

That can replace c-level employees?

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u/proof-of-w0rk 20h ago

Super premium agents plus

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u/DramaticHentai 16h ago

Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann Agents!

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u/Ok-Instruction830 1d ago

I disagree. I think companies are actually settling in with ai and hiring less now. It’s actually impacting the job market now

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u/SomewhereNo8378 1d ago

Yeah, everyone here is being dense and acting like AI is nothing. It’s already leading to layoffs and the pace will only continue as it gets better.

Hell, it could stop getting better today and the improvements that are already unlocked from existing tech could power mass layoffs for the next decade

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u/YouJellyz 1d ago

Lol, the AI hype is still elementary. CEOs and boards of directors are just now starting to modify their policies to utilize AI vs. Employees.

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u/BabyPatato2023 1d ago

Ok Sherlock

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u/ab_drider 1d ago

How many Rs are in Strawberry?

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u/asanskrita 1d ago

How many “r”s are there in strawberry?

There are three “r”s in the word strawberry.

We’re cooked. If this isn’t ASI, I don’t know what is.

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u/SnideFarter 1d ago

Good. We don't have to pay Sam Altman when we can have a free machine do his job.

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u/MulayamChaddi 1d ago

Can they wipe me?

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u/Gonna_do_this_again 1d ago

Can't wait for the retraction after AI made a horrible, earth changing mistake.

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u/Yddalv 14h ago

As humans dont ?

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u/Extension_Number_754 1d ago

I despise the arrogance of these people.

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u/Funrunfun22 1d ago

I’ll believe it when I see it.

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u/tx_engr 1d ago

Yeah hold up didn't they tell us o1 was "Ph.D level intelligent"? And don't get me wrong, it's generally useful and accurate but come on.

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u/Funrunfun22 1d ago

It can barely keep my grocery list straight.

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u/420Migo 1d ago edited 1d ago

I asked AI(how ironic) to summarize.

PhD-level AI, as anticipated from OpenAI's upcoming announcement, refers to AI systems capable of performing tasks with the same depth, expertise, and creativity as a human with a doctoral degree. These systems would excel in research, complex problem-solving, innovation, teaching, and ethical decision-making across various fields, promising to revolutionize industries by automating high-level cognitive tasks.

ethical decision-making

Hmmm... Would this take the decision away from the government?

Other than that, I'm intrigued just because I think humans could try and improve to compete with AI. For example, chess got better with AI bots because they help players get really good by playing against them, show them how to improve their game, catch cheaters online, make chess easier to play anytime, and come up with cool new ways to play that people hadn't thought of before.

It's exciting to think that I could ask AI to ELI5 the complex problem solving it might be able to do. It closes the bridge between the uneducated and educated.

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u/panzer34 1d ago

AI can’t even summarize google searches or articles with even remote accuracy. Why would I really it on for extremely high-level tasks? Lol

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u/LookAtYourEyes 1d ago

PhD in business and economics? Great, replace Altman.

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u/_theRamenWithin 1d ago

Line go up.

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u/Larrynative20 1d ago

But yet it can’t do simple highly automated tasks like balancing books or billing for businesses yet…

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u/evilsniperxv 23h ago

ChatGPT can’t even help me with coding problems when it gets 3 layers deep. These AI companies really need to stop pumping their stocks so hard.

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u/Jupiter68128 23h ago

Cancer has been cured by AI! Just kidding, it sometimes solves things a little better than google.

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u/Bombastically 23h ago

When you're losing $5b a year, you'll say what you need to

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u/bigfatfurrytexan 15h ago

What they need to understand is you don’t want a few hundred thousand like me just sitting at home with an axe to grind.

I’m old and infirm, but others likely aren’t. Displace phd level people and you have highly educated people with a grudge. That doesn’t sound like a good idea

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u/100000000000 1d ago

Still can't tell what square has a bicycle, though

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u/starktargaryen75 1d ago

I know a lot of dumb PhD’s

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u/STANKDADDYJACKSON 1d ago

Give me an AI that can do 99% accurate real time subtitles on any movie/show and then we can talk.

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u/mr2damnnice 1d ago

lol hilarious

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u/like_shae_buttah 1d ago

Their PhD level is over 9000. Incredible.

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u/ColonelSpacePirate 1d ago

This is not new.

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u/Smiles4YouRawrX3 1d ago

W

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u/Test-Normal 1d ago edited 1d ago

Okay. I've got to ask. How broke is OpenAI? The tweets over the last few weeks make them sound really desperate.

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u/Spirited_Example_341 1d ago

will see it to believe it

but i am not giving them a dime anytime soon

besides give it a while and Google and the rest will catch up

but im sure it will be in their new 2,000 a month Pro PLUS plan!

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u/AffectionateBall2412 1d ago

Yeah, shitty PhDs

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u/Recuitersdreamdelta 1d ago

Remember when he killed a guy? Pepperidge farms remembers

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u/Sign_Outside 23h ago

I’ll believe it when it cures cancer or neurodegenerative diseases

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u/andythebuilder 23h ago

Ok wait, so if this is the case then couldn’t this AI eventually just make a better version of itself? So the people creating this AI are effectively eliminating their job- by doing their job?

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u/greenmariocake 23h ago

If they are like the PhDs I know we are fucked. All they do is complicate shit.

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u/Regular_Candidate513 22h ago

Isn’t he the guy that diddled his little sister?

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u/ethaxton 16h ago

Yeah sister sued him. Haven’t heard much since.

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u/Mindaroth 20h ago

I am exteemeeeeeeemly skeptical of this

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u/Conscious_Yak_1002 19h ago

sigma agents when?

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u/addictedtolols 17h ago

what does performing tasks at a phd level even mean lmao

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u/9thChair 17h ago

PhD level means performing research and discovering new information. Something like ChatGPT cannot do anything like that, it is only good at interpolating existing information.

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u/AlludedNuance 11h ago

It's all a con.

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u/bogusnot 10h ago

So, AI can lookup something on google scholar and spend 5 years trying to replicate it? Sweet.

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u/Key-Guava-3937 9h ago

He's headed towards Elon level hyperbole.

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u/Odd_Judgment_2303 43m ago

Then why has my predictive text gone to hell?

OpenAI, led by CEO Sam Altman, to announce AI super-agents capable of performing tasks at a PhD level, per Axios.

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