The timeline he suggested was 2 years. The questions I have are this:
- What do you think is a reasonable litmus-test for measuring this? (e.g number of employed workers in AI)
- He was willing to and I quote "bet my career" on the outcome of this. I have no need for his career. In the spirit of the bet what would you think is a prize that is worthy of this? (e.g something tongue in cheek like dinner at an AI powered White Castle[0])
I will be posting the bet on Longbets.org. I have attempted to leave my position/bias out of this post in relation to the bet.
[0] https://www.engadget.com/white-castle-flippy-2-100-locations-205023731.html
How about robot assembled salad from Sweetgreen [1]? I'd suggest autonomous pizza but Zume is refocusing [2]. Perhaps all topped with basil never touch by human hands [3]?
[1] https://techcrunch.com/2021/08/25/salad-chain-sweetgreen-buy... [2] https://www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/technology/zume-shu... [3] https://ironox.com/
Prize could be an A100 or whatever replaces it in 2 years.
Also if your friend is willing to "bet their career on it" there is actually a place where they can literally do that, by applying to OpenAI.
How much has been invested in hunan-years worked and CO2 emissions training the models vs. how much value is actually created from the resulting products and services.
Any net positive I would consider success.
This gives more hope and boost on further development.