Related from two days ago: <a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/sam-altmans-ouster-openai-was-precipitated-by-letter-board-about-ai-breakthrough-2023-11-22/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.reuters.com/technology/sam-altmans-ouster-openai...</a><p>"Some at OpenAI believe Q* (pronounced Q-Star) could be a breakthrough in the startup's search for what's known as artificial general intelligence" and "wrote a letter to the board of directors warning [it] could threaten humanity"
It seems like people are really stretching here. Q-learning has been a thing for a while now. And in optimization of X<i>, Q</i>, etc. the star is just used to mean the optimal value.