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Investors have raisedconcern over Microsoft’s continued heavy investment in AIdespite the dismal profit returns.

He added that this figure could skyrocket to $100 billion in the coming years.

Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI, during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit in San Francisco, California, US, on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023.

Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI

Amodei’s predictions aren’t farfetched.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently indicated thatsuperintelligence could be only “a few thousand days away.”

However, he’s optimistic that there is always a way around such issues, including leveraging synthetic data.

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For context, synthetic data consists of images and text generated using computers, mimicking human-created content.

Granted, the models spot better capabilities and performance than their predecessors but by a small gap.

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