OpenAI's Altman says AI benefits warrant accepting some risks
Altman said society should accept some AI harms because people will do orders of magnitude more good with the technology.
- OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman told Decoded that AI benefits justify accepting some risks, distinguishing his firm's regulatory stance from rival Anthropic on the technology's accessibility and control.
- Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei recently advocated that the industry should 'pace the frontier' to mitigate dangers, warning in September that advanced models could exhibit 'self-preserving behaviors' and 'resist shutdown.'
- 'I think there's a lot of daylight,' Altman said, rejecting centralized control and calling that model 'a completely unacceptable trade-off' restricting public access to AI benefits.
- Despite Altman's stated philosophy, OpenAI recently endorsed a bipartisan House proposal requiring outside safety evaluators and supported new state laws imposing stricter safety requirements than previously favored.
- President Donald Trump has largely dismissed calls for new restrictions, arguing they would hinder American companies competing against Chinese rivals while maintaining that existing Justice Department agencies provide sufficient safeguards.
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OpenAI Executive Director argued that technology should remain accessible to the general public
Sam Altman, Director General of OpenAI, pleads for a more relaxed regulation of artificial intelligence, even if he admits that the development of technology will bring computer attacks, scams and other forms of abuse. However, he argues that AI benefits will be much greater than negative effects, statements that have caused harsh reactions from industry critics.
Sam Altman, Director General of OpenAI, rejects the proposals for regulating the artificial intelligence industry, arguing that people should accept "to happen some bad things for the benefits of this technology." In an interview given to the Decoded broadcast hosted by Politico, Altman said that he disagrees with the Anthropic position, the largest ...
Sam Altman believes the risks are lower than they are said to be: “I think people will do a lot more — in an order of greater magnitude — good than bad things,” he said in an interview.
Boss of OpenAI calls for a regulatory light touch because of the ‘good stuff' the technology can deliver
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