Sam Altman
CEO and co-founder, OpenAI
Runs OpenAI and sits on the OpenAI Foundation board; the most-quoted executive in AI.
Reports
In their words
“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 it],”
“We believe that the world should accept some bad things happening for the benefits of this technology,”
“I am very uncomfortable about people trying to ascribe religious force or a surrender of human judgment to AI models, and think it is a real safety issue,”
“By focusing the model on that choice, we can make it extremely fast while keeping capabilities like image understanding, broad language support, and safety protections,”
“We intend to continue with AI progress … but as the models have had this surge forward in capability, and we see more of that ahead of us, we have got to be able to make confident safety claims,”
“I think it is unacceptable to be taking like a 10% chance of killing everybody by the end of the decade,”
Pulled from the excerpts of items that mention Altman; read the item for the full context.
Articles and posts
AI Leaders Can't Get Along. So How Will They Keep Us Safe? — With Kevin Roose
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsKevin Roose (Author)
Rewind: Ronan Farrow on Sam Altman’s ‘unconstrained’ relationship with the truth
HostsNilay PatelGuestsRonan Farrow (investigative journalist, The New Yorker)
Why Altman Says "Accept Some Bad Things Happening" and What It Means for AI Safety | MOONSHOTS #301
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsEmad Mostaque (founder, Intelligent Internet)
Why Companies Want AI They Can Own
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
#257 - GPT 6 Astra, AI Extinction, Security Incidents
HostsAndrey Kurenkov, Jeremie Harris
It's All About That Pace
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
Adam Conover explains how YouTube ruined everything
HostsNilay PatelGuestsAdam Conover
Humanity's First Star Probe, Architect Labs Beats NVIDIA 3.4x, Musk Wants Satellites to Cool Earth | EP #285
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsPhilip Johnston (co-founder and CEO, Starcloud), Matt Pines (CEO, Physical Superintelligence (PSI))
Sam Altman: Singularity Slow-Down, Emad Runs 18 Grokbots, Waymo Slashes Hardware 83% | EP #283
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsEmad Mostaque (Intelligent Internet)
OpenAI's executive exodus has one big winner
HostsNilay PatelGuestsHayden Field (senior AI reporter, The Verge)
AI Is Eating Its Own Tail
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
Videos
Questions people ask
- Who is Sam Altman?
- CEO and co-founder at OpenAI (since may 2019). Runs OpenAI and sits on the OpenAI Foundation board; the most-quoted executive in AI.
- Who does Sam Altman report to?
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