AI safety and alignment research has predominantly been focused on methods for safeguarding individual AI systems, resting on the assumption of an eventual emergence of a monolithic Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). The alternative AGI emergence hypothesis, where general capability levels are first manifested through coordination in groups of sub-AGI individual agents with complementary skills and affordances, has received far less attention. Here we argue that this patchwork AGI hypothesis needs to be given serious consideration, and should inform the development of corresponding safeguards and mitigations.
Sam Altman discusses the imminent arrival of digital superintelligence, its potential impacts on society, and the future of technological progress. He highlights the rapid advancements in AI, the economic and scientific benefits, and the challenges of ensuring safety and equitable access.
