Sam Altman AI risks: Loss of control and power concentration
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Most AI doom talk gets stuck on killer robots and Ultron from Avengers. Sam Altman's version didn’t talk about that as much which made it a lot more believable. Speaking on the Raj Shamani podcast (Figuring Out), the OpenAI CEO boiled the risk down to two failure modes. Either we lose control of AI, or someone takes control of all of it. One is a machine problem. The other is a people problem. Just think about it. In both cases, the rest of us end up as bystanders, watching someone or something else make the calls that shape our jobs, our economies and our lives. Also read: Google will switch AI off by default for school students: What changes and why Loss of control and concentration of power.
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