Hedge Fund CIO: The Conflict For AI Dominance Is One The West Must Absolutely Win

By Eric Peters, CIO of One River Asset Management

“You mentioned Einstein and general relativity, and I agree. I think that’s like one of the most beautiful things humanity has ever figured out. Maybe I would even say number one,” said Sam Altman, speaking to British physicist David Deutsch, a founding father of quantum computing. “If in a few years GPT-8 figured out quantum gravity and could tell you its story - the problems it chose, the reasons it pursued them - would that be enough to convince you?” continued Altman, searching for a way to get Deutsch to acknowledge the emergence of AGI. Quantum gravity remains one of the greatest unsolved problems in physics. “I think it would, yes,” answered Deutsch. “I agree to that as the test,” said Altman.