Altman says people must not cede control of the future to superintelligence
In a post on X, the OpenAI chief executive wrote that this requirement should ultimately constrain AI progress, and that OpenAI rejects people being relegated to doing what AI systems decide to reward.
Why it matters
The post follows a public discussion in September, when Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei called for the industry to slow the pace of AI development. Altman endorsed that proposal at the time, saying he agreed that the frontier needs to be paced, and supported giving independent evaluators access to AI systems. He also told the UN Security Council in September that systems should not be trained unless developers can make a strong case that they will remain under human control.
Key facts
- Posted on X at 01:40 UTC on 4 November
- Over 470,000 views and about 870 replies within hours
- Altman backed Amodei's September call to pace the frontier
- He told the UN Security Council in September that AI must stay under human control