You Can Out-Compete OpenAI.

Author(s): Savvas Theocharous

Originally published on Towards AI.

Don’t let the big dogs scare you. You have the advantage.

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This message is for those who genuinely love AI. This is a story I would like for people to save and come back to when demotivated or feeling hopeless.

I have seen many people in the space scared of engaging, learning and building projects, because they are scared.

“I am just going to waste my time. Sam Altman will achieve AGI, release all kind of mighty models, AI agents, making anything I do obsolete. I will let him take the wheel.”

I will show you and make you believe that anything you do is not a waste of time. Quite the contrary, you are sitting on a gold mine where your time learning and building with AI, is in fact the most valuable use of time. You shouldn’t be discouraged by all these tech giants. They are unlocking a huge opportunity.

Short answer: Marketing!

OpenAI’s o3 model for example, yes it did “break” AGI. Theoretically that is, as the arc-agi benchmark is not a conclusive test.

In my opinion we will know we achieved AGI, once our models are too lazy to be our servants.

Is it practical though? No. Yes… Read the full blog for free on Medium.

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