OpenAI is Two Stages Shy of Hitting AGI [Video]

The discussions around AGI’s timeline and definition have been done to death. Now, the focus is on something more critical – mapping out the exact steps of how to get there.

During T-Mobile’s Capital Markets Day 2024, where OpenAI and the mobile operator announced a multi-year partnership, CEO Sam Altman took the opportunity to discuss not only the o1 model but also OpenAI’s ongoing journey towards advancing AI and achieving its long-term goals – particularly, the stages of AI. 

Levels of AI

Altman defined the five levels of AI development – the first stage being the chatbots, followed by reasoners, which the company says has now been achieved. The next phases are agents, innovators capable of scientific discovery, and fully autonomous organisations.

“So this move from one [chatbots] to two [reasoners] took a while but I think one of the most exciting things about two is that it enables level three relatively quickly and …