But according to Gary Marcus, a cognitive scientist and prominent AI researcher, the worst is yet to come. In his assessment, OpenAI could soon take an even more dystopian pivot, à la George Orwell's novel "1984," by getting into the business of spying on you.The reason that this will happen is simple: OpenAI will need a way to make money, Marcus said.
"OpenAI sold the dream of universal AI for all purposes, and in 2023 practically every big company ran pilot studies on that premise," Marcus later told. "But in 2024, a lot of reports from the field are about disappointment: the technology isn't reliable enough yet for production, because it is plagued with problems like hallucinations and boneheaded errors."A startup like OpenAI going down the surveillance road wouldn't be unheard of.
Marcus once held out hope that OpenAI would course correct. But he's since grown cynical about its CEO Sam Altman's leadership, especially as the company "In the last few months, the mask has really come off, and I seriously doubt will ever return to the mission," Marcus told