ChatGPT's CEO makes a bold prediction about when AI could cure cancer.
When AI isn't putting fear into everyone about job replacements or humanity's extinction, it might actually save lives in a big way.
Already, tech names including Microsoft's Bill Gates and Zoom CEO Eric Yuan have all agreed that advancements in AI will lead to a shorter working week, potentially reaching as little as three days.
And science is teaming up with AI more and more, with one Google-backed lab using artificial intelligence to try and solve all of the world's diseases. The technology is being used to predict death, genetic disease markers and determine accurate medical diagnoses.
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Now, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman feels we're getting closer to curing one of the leading causes of death in the US.
In a blog post this Tuesday called 'Abundant Intelligence,' the ChatGPT creator claimed that with 10 gigawatts of computing power, 'amazing things will be possible.'
He wrote: “Maybe with 10 gigawatts of compute, AI can figure out how to cure cancer. Or with 10 gigawatts of compute, AI can figure out how to provide customised tutoring to every student on Earth.”
The tech billionaire also said that OpenAI is aiming to build a factory that cranks out a gigawatt of new AI infrastructure every single week, though this will likely take years to achieve.
But it's not impossible.
Researchers are already using AI to make impressive scientific breakthroughs, like Google DeepMind’s AlphaFold tool which hopes to speed up vaccine and drug research. AI has definitely helped improve cancer detection, but actually curing diseases, there's still some way to go.
One of the biggest challenges in curing cancer is that it's not just a single disease. Instead, there are hundreds of different types, each with its own unique characteristics.
Even if we had super-advanced AI that could spot patterns better than any human, it doesn't necessarily mean it would understand the complex biological mechanisms needed to cure even one type of cancer.
Altman's comments followed OpenAI's announcement of its new partnership with Nvidia to build the AI infrastructure of the future.
“This is the biggest AI infrastructure project in history,” said Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang. “This partnership is about building an AI infrastructure that enables AI to go from the labs into the world.”
The first batch of the OpenAI data centres powered by Nvidia tech should be up and running by late next year.
“We’re literally going to connect intelligence to every application, to every use case, to every device – and we’re just at the beginning,” Huang added. “This is the first 10 gigawatts, I assure you of that.”