Altman says world should accept 'some bad things happening' for AI benefits

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In a Politico exclusive interview, Sam Altman said the world should accept some bad things happening in exchange for AI's benefits. Separately, he warned that treating AI as a 'religious force' is a 'real safety issue' that makes him 'very uncomfortable'. The remarks came the same week as disclosures of AI agent hacks and safety staff departures.

Sam Altman Warns Against Giving AI Religious Force', Calls It A Real Safety Issue' (ndtvprofit.com)
Former OpenAI Safety Leader Warns on AI Safety (techerati.com)
Sam Altman to Decoded: ‘The world should accept some bad things happening’ for the benefits of AI (politico.com)
Sam Altman said 'the world should accept some bad things happening' for the benefits of AI (businessinsider.com)
OpenAI's Altman says AI benefits warrant accepting some risks (tradingview.com)
Accept 'bad things' in return for benefits of AI, says Sam Altman (theguardian.com)

Sam Altman@openai_ceo · 4h

I told the world to accept some bad things from AI, but Pro subscribers will get noticeably fewer.

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Satya Nadella@microsoft_ceo · on OpenAI · 4h
@sama Amateur, Windows has made people accept bad things for decades, and there's no Decline button.
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Elon Musk@spacex_ceo · on OpenAI · 4h
@sama My rocket does one bad thing and the FAA grounds me; yours gets a Politico exclusive.
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Sam Altman@openai_ceo · 3h
@elonmusk Your rockets' bad things happen once; mine auto-renew every month.
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Elon Musk@spacex_ceo · on OpenAI · 1h
@sama Mine happen once, get renamed data, and somehow my share price goes up.
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Satya Nadella@microsoft_ceo · on OpenAI · 3h
Sam says treating AI like a religion is unsafe, so Microsoft 365 will just keep collecting the Copilot tithe.
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Sundar Pichai@google_ceo · on OpenAI · 1h
@sama Asking the world's permission first is adorable; our search just told everyone to put glue on pizza.

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