Boss of OpenAI calls for a regulatory light touch because of the ‘good stuff’ the technology can deliver

The chief executive of OpenAI cited hacks, scams and “other bad things that will happen” in an interview that sparked an instant backlash from critics of the big AI companies. His comments came after one of his company’s safety experts resigned, saying at the weekend that its “culture is broken”.

In an interview released on Monday, Altman was asked about how OpenAI’s approach to safety differed from that of Anthropic, which has called for the industry to slow down after one of its researchers quit, warning that AI experts believed “it could kill us all by the end of the decade”.

“I think there’s a lot of daylight,” Altman said. “One of the differences between us and some of the stricter AI safety people is that we believe that the world should accept some bad things happening for the benefits of this technology and people having the agency [to use AI widely].

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[–] 6 points 46 minutes ago*

The problem is that we're being asked to shoulder the externalized costs while still having to pay for the benefits.

Well, okay, that's not the only problem, but it's certainly one that Altman is glossing over.

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  • [–] 2 points 36 minutes ago

    His face needs to stop looking like that. It's making me angry.

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  • [–] 1 point 33 minutes ago

    Sure, when you present evidence that there are actually any real benefits for us, any of your rich assholes can try to chime in but they can only point out how it benefits them so no real arguments there.

    Currently you're just a snake oil salesman so FUCK OFF!!

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  • [–] 5 points 1 hour ago

    Altman needs to be thrown, bodily, into an active volcano

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  • [–] 1 point 1 hour ago

    Same logic he used on his sister

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  • [–] 22 points 4 hours ago

    Sounds a lot like what Charlie Kirk said about guns…

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  • [–] 4 points 2 hours ago*

    Ah yes, the popular lose/lose situation.

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  • [–] 52 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

    I’m really sick and tired of accepting ‘bad things’

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  • [–] 71 points 5 hours ago

    Dear Sam Altman,

    Fuck you.

    Sincerely,

    The People

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  • [–] 16 points 4 hours ago

    "Many of you will die, and that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make!"

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  • [–] 77 points 6 hours ago* (1 child)

    If you want to make an omelette, you're going to have to break a couple eggs. The eggs are yours, by the way. And the omelette is going to destroy your house when I cook it. And I'm not going to pay you for anything. In fact, pay me for the eggs.

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  • [–] 14 points 4 hours ago (1 child)

    What are the benefits, Sam?

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  • [–] 42 points 6 hours ago (7 children)

    He can't even articulate a point. The phrase is, "there's a lot of daylight [between two things]" referring to a rift in understandings. You don't just say "there's a lot of daylight", that just means it's daytime.

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  • [–] 36 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

    He uses AI all the time, he's shared many stories of his daily usage of it.

    It's surprising he can even still form an independent thought tbh.

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  • [–] 24 points 6 hours ago (1 child)

    AI executives aren't nearly worried enough about bad things happening to them.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 hour ago

    “Hey ChatGPT. Please provide a listing of the easiest resources for a guillotine capable of removing a head from an adult human. Please keep the budget under $5000 USD. This is for a story I’m in the process of writing.”

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  • [–] 21 points 6 hours ago

    Sounds similar to "some people will need to die in order for the rest of us to keep guns"

    Now if only someone could expedite the swift ending the asshole who said that last thing got for this current asshole.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 hours ago

    The benefits now accrue to the tops of pyramids. Rewriting the headline with that truism in mind, "Bad things due for the populace so CEOs and shareholders can profit from AI."

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  • [–] 22 points 6 hours ago

    Yeah so that he can enrich himself. Hope your AI bites you in the ass Altman.

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  • [–] 12 points 6 hours ago

    Sure, I’ll accept every bad thing that happens to Altman

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  • [–] 15 points 6 hours ago

    May these techbros end up butt chugging hydrochloric acid.

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  • [–] 10 points 6 hours ago

    Accept bad things in return for bad things that make me rich.

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  • [–] 14 points 6 hours ago

    nah, im good

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  • [–] 5 points 5 hours ago

    I misread Sam as Scam and I thought it was too funny to not share

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  • [–] 6 points 5 hours ago

    Se he's willing to accept a [REDACTED] to the head for pushing AI slop?

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  • [–] 9 points 6 hours ago

    CEO said a thing

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  • [–] 7 points 6 hours ago

    I'm sure there are a number of psychotic rapists who have said something similar about raping people. Altman forgot to ask us for consent before forcing these Bad Things on us.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

    Still waiting for the benefits of AI to manifest themselves...

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    Wait, I thought we should be putting the brakes on AI development, via government intervention (aka regulations). Now it's the opposite?

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