OpenAI CEO: ‘The World Should Accept Some Bad Things Happening for the Benefits of this Technology’

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ALTMAN: "I think there’s a lot of daylight. We have always been a big believer that this technology has to be democratized and put in people’s hands. I think one of the biggest differences between us and some of the stricter, let's say, A.I. safety people is we believe that the world should accept some bad things happening for the benefits of this technology and people having the agency. So, like, you know, I — I disagree, but I understand the perspective of people who are like, 'This technology is going to get so powerful, and it’s so dangerous that a single lab in San Francisco should have it and make sure nothing bad happens and kind of figure out how to dole out the benefits.' I think that is a completely unacceptable trade-off from a perspective of liberty and human agency and people self-determining the future. But I understand where it comes from, and I do think the lighter touch regulatory stance that we advocate for comes with an accepting of the fact that some bad things are gonna happen as society figures out the resilience.”