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Altman says AI's benefits outweigh harms and some damage should be tolerated

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OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman said on Politico's Decoded podcast that AI's benefits will far outweigh its costs, that the world should accept that some bad things will happen, and named hacking and scams among the risks. He also said AI is worth the cost. The report also notes that OpenAI and Anthropic differ in their regulatory positions.

Written by AI from the reports · updated 11 d ago

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Oct 6
  1. The Verge · AI
    Sam Altman says ‘some bad things’ will happen, but AI is totally worth it

    Sam Altman thinks that the benefits of AI will be so great that "the world should accept some bad things happening" along the way.