With the insurmountable contribution of the pioneers in computer technology, today's generation is relatively living in comfort and convenience. However, the present state of computer technology is not just sitting around in wait for an upgrade, for top innovators and tech giant CEOs are working together in order to innovate what the pioneers has started.
According to some reports, tech giants like Google, Apple and IBM are supporting a non-profit artificial intelligence research company known as OpenAI, with a goal "to advance digital intelligence in the way that is most likely to benefit humanity as a whole, unconstrained by a need to generate financial return." And most recently, another tech giant CEO, Elon Musk of Tesla Motors Inc. has joined the group of CEOs like PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel, venture capitalist Sam Altman and the others.
It can be remembered that Musk has been known to have a critical insight about artificial intelligence, particularly on the possible harm that it may bring to mankind. In a report published by the guardian via cnbc, Musk was quoted saying that, "If I had to guess at what our biggest existential threat is, it's probably that [artificial intelligence,]."
Though the startup company is still on its early stage, backers are hoping for a tremendous impact on the technological atmosphere particularly on the aspect of artificial intelligence. If the research company would be successful computer technology could eventually "solve problems such as recognizing faces or translating languages," reported cnbc.
We might have to wait for quite some time in order to hear some significant updates. OpenAI however assured that it will spend a "tiny fraction" of the 1 billion funds in the next few years, and hope that AI "be an extension of individual human wills and, in the spirit of liberty, as broadly and evenly distributed as possible" in the near future.