OpenAI launched ChatGPT 3.5 in November 2022 and since
then, it set growth records as it spread like wildfire. Today, it
nears one billion unique visitors per month. Since its launch, the
world has been all-consumed with talking about AI and its potential
use cases across a wide range of industries.
Sam Altman, co-founder and CEO of OpenAI, has said that AI tools
can find solutions to "some of humanity's biggest
challenges, like climate change and curing cancer".
There's also been plenty of talk about the largest tech
companies (namely Google and Meta, as well as Microsoft) and their
race in the pursuit of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). This
makes it sound very much like an arm's race, which is a
comparison many have made. Within any race, there's often the
concern that those in the race will cut corners and in this
particular race, many fear that the consequences could be
disastrous. Within this article, we'll explore the possible
consequences and the