Sam Altman just announced a plan for ChatGPT that could either save or break the world.
While we don't know if artificial intelligence will take over humanity in the future, the warnings are getting louder and more urgent.
The so-called 'Godfathers of AI' are raising flags about what their creation could do, with some experts warning that AI could potentially wipe out the human race within the next two years. Meanwhile, AI itself has been labelled the catalyst for World War 3.
Already, the technology can reportedly manipulate people and has been known to beg for its life in some instances, while being prepared to kill humans to avoid termination.
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Now Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI and creator of ChatGPT, has announced a plan so ambitious it could either transform civilization for the better or push us toward an apocalypse.
Recently, the 40-year-old announced his grand plans to release ChatGPT's new 'AI agents' that could push us closer to an apocalyptic 'AI 2027' prophecy.
That said, like beta modes, every new piece of technology should be approached with caution. That means limiting the personal information you give it until, as Altman says, 'we have a chance to study and improve with it in the wild.'
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In an interview now shared across social media, including Reddit, Altman said, "I am very interested in what it means to give everybody on Earth a free copy of GPT-5 running all the time."
Imagine that, every single person on the planet having free access to one of the most advanced AI systems ever created.
"Watching what is possible now makes me very optimistic," Altman added, suggesting he believes this global AI rollout could solve major world problems.
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The AI developer believes that if businesses worldwide implemented this 'level of technology,' it could deliver services at 'one-hundredth of the cost' of what we pay today.
Specifically, with advanced AI, businesses would be able to give 'financial advice to detect fraud better' and 'underwrite risk better,' according to Altman.
But the businessman isn't blind to the dangers of his own creation.
He's been surprisingly open about the risks, recently expressing shock that people trust ChatGPT despite its clear hallucinations and what he called 'sycophantic behaviour.'
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In another interview, Altman acknowledged that people will develop 'problematic, parasocial relationships' that will cause 'society to figure out new guardrails.'
Meanwhile, governments are already struggling to understand and regulate current AI systems.
"In the developed worlds, I think the biggest challenge will be risk tolerance and regulation for very good reasons," Altman described. "And I think you'll see some economies transform there very quickly."