OpenAI CEO Sam Altman: We Could Lose Control of the Future to AI, It Moves So Fast, People Can No Longer Follow What’s Happening

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ALTMAN: "Anything this power is also powerful is also intimidating. This moment as complicated as we feel both tremendous potential and very understandable anxiety. At the same time, these models can help people discover new knowledge, new medicines, better healthcare, stronger education and build more productive economy is they can be new tools for people to pursue dreams and ambitions. The today feel out of reach the complexity of life has increased so dramatically for the average person a. I can be a defensive tool against this complexity as much as they can be, this tool of unprecedented discovery and innovation. On the other, hand, is systems become more capable and more autonomous, They could move faster than our institutions, concentrate power and food too few hands or make decisions that people no longer understand or control. That concern becomes especially important as we approach systems that can improve themselves in future versions of themselves, often called recursive self improvement as the process of building a I becomes more automated the pace of a our progress could accelerate rapidly. This moment calls for extreme care. I largely agree with professor banjo, although I’ll say to instead of three. I believe there are two ways that a I progress could go very badly that we have to avoid. First, we could lose control of the future to a I. the risk is that it moves so fast that people can no longer follow, what’s happening or intervene when needed. This would obviously be terrible. The industry must not accept too much technological risk just because the benefits are too great and they feel too important to slowdown.”