AI Magazine December 2023 | Page 18

LIFETIME OF ACHIEVEMENT IN AI
The founding of OpenAI In addition to his roles in these organisations , Altman has been an advocate for artificial intelligence and has worked on a range of AI-related projects . He is recognised as one of the most influential and prominent figures in the technology and startup ecosystem , with his accomplishments and contributions earning him a spot on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in venture capital , in 2015 .
Also in 2015 , alongside Elon Musk , Ilya Sutskever , Greg Brockman , John Schulman , and Wojciech Zaremba , Alman established OpenAI . Initially created as a non-profit organisation , OpenAI ' s mission was , “ to advance digital intelligence in the way that is most likely to benefit humanity as a whole , unconstrained by a need to generate financial return .” The goal was to develop ethical AI and establish leadership in the field before people with malicious intent could create anything harmful .
In an interview with ABC News , Altman said : “ A thing that I do worry about is we ’ re not going to be the only creator of this technology . There will be other people who don ’ t put some of the safety limits that we put on it . Society , I think , has a limited amount of time to figure out how to react to that , how to regulate that , how to handle it .”
A major success in the AI space In early 2018 , Elon Musk made an attempt to take control of OpenAI , expressing concerns that the organisation was lagging behind
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