OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has been saying for years — years! — that synthetic basic intelligence, or AGI, could be one thing like a singularity. Once we obtain AGI, Altman and others have stated, it’s going to basically reshape society.
On the New York Occasions DealBook Summit this week in New York Metropolis, Altman stated never mind. AGI is coming actually quickly, he stated, but it surely’s not going to be an enormous deal. Additionally this week: OpenAI started its “12 days of shipmas” marketing campaign with a brand new $200 month-to-month subscription for its newest mannequin. The stakes are decrease, the costs are greater. Unusual occasions within the AI race.
However earlier than we get to AI, Nilay and David spend a while speaking in regards to the world of subscriptions. Beginning with ours! We launched a subscription for The Verge this week, and we’re grateful to everybody who has signed as much as help us and be a part of our group. Thanks additionally to everybody who has supplied suggestions, discovered bugs, and requested for ad-free podcasts. We’re nonetheless new at this entire subscription factor, however we’re studying quick. (And when you’ve got questions, you may have a little extra time to get them in for subsequent week’s episode! E-mail vergecast@theverge.com or name 866-VERGE11 to get them in.)
In any case that it’s AI time. And eventually, within the lightning spherical, we speak about bitcoin, AI browsers, the fediverse, Intel, Spotify Wrapped, and rather more. It could be December, however there’s nonetheless an terrible lot happening.
If you wish to know extra about every little thing we focus on on this episode, listed here are some hyperlinks to get you began, starting with streaming and cable:
And within the lightning spherical:
