GPT-5 is Not Just an Upgrade, It’s a Leap 🚀

Getting to superintelligence isn’t easy. Altman highlighted four major limiting factors:

1. 💻 Compute: This is the biggest one. Building the necessary infrastructure is described as the most expensive project in human history. It involves everything from chips to data centers, and right now, the biggest bottleneck is energy.
2. 📊 Data: Smart models need smart data. As AI gets more advanced, it needs to learn from information that doesn’t exist yet, meaning the models must discover new things on their own.
3. 💡 Algorithmic Design: The code and methods behind the AI are constantly improving. Altman pointed to new open-source models as powerful as GPT-4 Mini that can run on a laptop as proof of the rapid progress.
4. 🧑‍💻 Product Development: It’s one thing to have a scientific breakthrough; it’s another to turn it into a useful product that society can actually adopt and grow with.