Sam Altman's definition of AGI varies: curing cancer/climate change/poverty to Congress, an amazing digital assistant to consumers, generating $100 billion in revenue to Microsoft, and highly autonomous systems outperforming humans in economically valuable work on OpenAI's website.

Sam Altman's optimistic projections for AI include curing cancer, traveling to other planets, and "capturing the light cone of all economic value," which means space colonization and super abundance.

Sam Altman states that in the last few months, AI has crossed a threshold into major economic utility.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is advocating for a new, ambitious agenda for Washington, businesses, and society to prepare for superintelligence.