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Sam Altman

What Sam Altman thinks about government

@sam-altman · 65 positions · 0 changes of mind

Co-founder and CEO of OpenAI; previously president of Y Combinator.

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  1. Our readingAI must be democratized, and power over it should not become too concentrated.

    Their wordsAI has to be democratized; power cannot be too concentrated.

    ↗-blog.samaltman.com 2nd of 3 in this piece

  3. Our readingThe most consequential decisions about the shape of the future should not be made by a handful of AI labs.

    Their wordsI do not think it is right that a few AI labs would make the most consequential decisions about the shape of our future.

    ↗-blog.samaltman.com 3rd of 3 in this piece

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  5. Our readingNo company should be making the decisions about AGI, and no one person should have super-voting control of one; governments have to put rules of the road in place.

    AGIOpenAI

    Their wordsI continue to not want super-voting control over OpenAI. I never have. Never have had it, never wanted it. Even after all this craziness, I still don’t want it. I continue to think that no company should be making these decisions, and that we really need governments to put rules of the road in place.

    ↗Sam Altman: OpenAI, GPT-5, Sora, Board Saga, Elon Musk, Ilya, Power & AGI | Lex Fridman Podcast #419youtube.com 18th of 20 in this recording