OpenAI CEO Sam Altman: ‘People Should Be Happy that We Are a Little Bit Scared of This’

JARVIS This whole thing ░░░░░░░░ pretty mind blowing The ░░░░░░░░ here are endless The ░░░░░░░░ of ChatGPT believe it ░░░░░░░░ help solve problems like ░░░░░░░░ change and transform everything ░░░░░░░░ our health care to ░░░░░░░░ education and even make ░░░░░░░░ everyday tasks much easier ░░░░░░░░ of course there are ░░░░░░░░ too and we got ░░░░░░░░ all of it Clip ░░░░░░░░ JARVIS voice over This ░░░░░░░░ an exclusive look inside ░░░░░░░░ OpenAI the company behind ░░░░░░░░ groundbreaking artificial intelligence chatbot ░░░░░░░░ everyone is talking about ░░░░░░░░ I spoke to OpenAI ░░░░░░░░ Sam Altman inside of ░░░░░░░░ San Francisco headquarters on ░░░░░░░░ day they released their ░░░░░░░░ version GPT 4 which ░░░░░░░░ write essays and speeches ░░░░░░░░ logical reasoning analyze pictures ░░░░░░░░ even take tests outperforming ░░░░░░░░ humans scoring in the ░░░░░░░░ percentile on the uniform ░░░░░░░░ exam and 700 on ░░░░░░░░ SAT math portion JARVIS ░░░░░░░░ changes because of artificial ░░░░░░░░ ALTMAN Part of the ░░░░░░░░ thing here is we ░░░░░░░░ continually surprised by the ░░░░░░░░ power of all of ░░░░░░░░ JARVIS I think that ░░░░░░░░ surprise though it s ░░░░░░░░ exhilarating as well as ░░░░░░░░ to people ALTMAN That ░░░░░░░░ for sure I think ░░░░░░░░ should be happy that ░░░░░░░░ re a little bit ░░░░░░░░ of this JARVIS You ░░░░░░░░ a little bit scared ░░░░░░░░ A little bit JARVIS ░░░░░░░░ personally ALTMAN If I ░░░░░░░░ I were not you ░░░░░░░░ either not trust me ░░░░░░░░ be very unhappy I ░░░░░░░░ in this job JARVIS ░░░░░░░░ over Chief Technology Officer ░░░░░░░░ Murati showed us how ░░░░░░░░ can help with your ░░░░░░░░ We input information for ░░░░░░░░ typical family of three ░░░░░░░░ So you re copying ░░░░░░░░ law Just multiple pages ░░░░░░░░ tax law MURATI Mm ░░░░░░░░ JARVIS voice over And ░░░░░░░░ seconds the standard deduction ░░░░░░░░ GTP 4 says it ░░░░░░░░ 24 000 JARVIS voice ░░░░░░░░ Which was correct And ░░░░░░░░ even identified a picture ░░░░░░░░ a dog and was ░░░░░░░░ to recognize the dog ░░░░░░░░ probably hungry Watch as ░░░░░░░░ take a photo of ░░░░░░░░ s inside this refrigerator ░░░░░░░░ technology analyzes what s ░░░░░░░░ JARVIS I see that ░░░░░░░░ have some bread some ░░░░░░░░ cheese tomatoes and mayonnaise ░░░░░░░░ can make a simple ░░░░░░░░ cheese sandwich with these ░░░░░░░░ You can make a ░░░░░░░░ toast by spreading the ░░░░░░░░ fruit on the bread ░░░░░░░░ topping it with sliced ░░░░░░░░ Perfect JARVIS voice over ░░░░░░░░ a recipe But is ░░░░░░░░ also a recipe for ░░░░░░░░ else JARVIS On the ░░░░░░░░ hand there s all ░░░░░░░░ this potential for good ░░░░░░░░ the other hand there ░░░░░░░░ a huge number of ░░░░░░░░ that could turn out ░░░░░░░░ badly for society How ░░░░░░░░ are you that what ░░░░░░░░ ve built won t ░░░░░░░░ to those outcomes ALTMAN ░░░░░░░░ we ll adapt it ░░░░░░░░ You ll adapt it ░░░░░░░░ negative things occur ALTMAN ░░░░░░░░ sure for sure The ░░░░░░░░ systems are still weak ░░░░░░░░ to what we expect ░░░░░░░░ create and so putting ░░░░░░░░ systems out now while ░░░░░░░░ stakes are fairly low ░░░░░░░░ as much as we ░░░░░░░░ I think is how ░░░░░░░░ avoid the more dangerous ░░░░░░░░ JARVIS Is there a ░░░░░░░░ switch a way to ░░░░░░░░ the whole thing down ░░░░░░░░ Any engineer can just ░░░░░░░░ like We will disable ░░░░░░░░ for now JARVIS The ░░░░░░░░ itself can it take ░░░░░░░░ place of that human ░░░░░░░░ it become more powerful ░░░░░░░░ that human ALTMAN It ░░░░░░░░ until someone gives it ░░░░░░░░ input This is a ░░░░░░░░ that is very much ░░░░░░░░ human control Clip ends ░░░░░░░░ All right why proceed ░░░░░░░░ then That is the ░░░░░░░░ Well there is an ░░░░░░░░ arms race already under ░░░░░░░░ Russia s president Putin ░░░░░░░░ said whoever leads in ░░░░░░░░ technology controls the future ░░░░░░░░ the world That is ░░░░░░░░ chilling statement China is ░░░░░░░░ its own version and ░░░░░░░░ Altman told me he ░░░░░░░░ in regular contact with ░░░░░░░░ U S government talking ░░░░░░░░ all of this And ░░░░░░░░ even asked him is ░░░░░░░░ U S Government do ░░░░░░░░ understand are they fully ░░░░░░░░ He said they re ░░░░░░░░ up to speed more ░░░░░░░░ more every day STEPHANOPOULOS ░░░░░░░░ says he s scared ░░░░░░░░ that mean he s ░░░░░░░░ putting limits on the ░░░░░░░░ so far JARVIS Huge ░░░░░░░░ of limits And each ░░░░░░░░ they input more limits ░░░░░░░░ one of the points ░░░░░░░░ with already putting this ░░░░░░░░ to the public is ░░░░░░░░ they need to understand ░░░░░░░░ people interact with the ░░░░░░░░ to understand what limits ░░░░░░░░ add to the technology ░░░░░░░░ that s a little ░░░░░░░░ because obviously bad things ░░░░░░░░ happen STEPHANOPOULOS You don ░░░░░░░░ know it until JARVIS ░░░░░░░░ talked about some of ░░░░░░░░ things here already but ░░░░░░░░ point is until you ░░░░░░░░ how humans interact you ░░░░░░░░ not fully understand the ░░░░░░░░ of this technology and ░░░░░░░░ it s going And ░░░░░░░░ today just to look ░░░░░░░░ it even what s ░░░░░░░░ about it there are ░░░░░░░░ tons of unknowns about ░░░░░░░░ it s going to ░░░░░░░░ in the future STRAHAN ░░░░░░░░ Interesting but still scary ░░░░░░░░ right.”