A Billion-Dollar Effort to Make a Kinder AI

A new non-profit will aim to make artificial intelligence that “benefits humanity.”

For all the hand-wringing over the potential dangers of super-intelligent AI, there’s been little practical effort to address the issue. Now, some big-name entrepreneurs have created a billion-dollar non-profit, called OpenAI, which will dedicate itself to building artificial intelligence that won’t leave humans behind. Here’s how the website for OpenAI describes the effort:


A Billion-Dollar Effort to Make a Kinder AI