AI superintelligence
Coverage of AI superintelligence in the Nexus archive.
- AI superintelligence, DOGE, and getting 'carried away' with politics: 5 key takeaways from Elon Musk's latest interview
Elon Musk discussed AI surpassing human intelligence within five years, expressed philosophical acceptance of AI risks, and admitted to being 'carried away' with political involvement. He highlighted a potential 'age of amazing abundance' from AI advancements but acknowledged challenges in controlling its trajectory.
- Meta's AI spending spree is helping make its Quest headsets more expensive
Meta's Quest VR headsets will see a $50–$100 price increase due to rising component costs, particularly memory chips, driven by the company's aggressive AI infrastructure investments. Meta's $115–$135 billion capital expenditure plan, including $21 billion in CoreWeave and a $10 billion El Paso data center expansion, has exacerbated chip shortages.
- Behind the Curtain: Sam's superintelligence New Deal
Sam Altman, OpenAI CEO, outlines a comprehensive blueprint for AI governance, emphasizing urgent regulatory and tax reforms to address risks like cyberattacks and biological threats. The proposal includes a Public Wealth Fund, robot taxes, and AI access rights, comparing the need for action to historical social contracts like the New Deal.