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essentially human-level AI), which does not have short-term returns and

is at least decades away.

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research and hoarding company secrets to keep the edge over

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situation is not an isolated example. DeepMind, the UK-based research

lab that is considered one of OpenAI’s peers, faced similar problems

after it was acquired by Google in 2014.

Many scientists believe that AGI—if ever achieved—will be one of the

most impactful inventions of humanity. If this is true, then achieving

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international community, not merely the deep pockets of companies

whose main focus is their bottom line.

A good model might be the Large Hadron Collider project, which

obtained a $9 billion budget from funding agencies in CERN’s member

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from the results of CERN’s work, they don’t expect the organization to

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A similar initiative might help OpenAI and other research labs to

continue chasing the dream of human-level AI without having to worry

about returning investor money.

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