OpenAI's Superalignment Team Develops Tools to Control Superhuman AI

OpenAI's Chief Scientist, Ilya Sutskever, and his team have published a research paper outlining their efforts to develop tools for controlling a superhuman AI and ensuring its alignment with human values. The paper suggests that superintelligence, AI smarter than humans, could be developed within the next decade. The study explores the concept of training large AI models with smaller ones, known as "weak-to-strong generalization," which has shown promising results in terms of accuracy. While OpenAI acknowledges that this framework is not a definitive solution to AI alignment, they believe it represents a significant step forward in addressing the potential risks associated with superhuman AI. Sutskever's role at OpenAI remains unclear, as he has been absent from the company in recent weeks and has hired a lawyer.