Sam Altman says ‘some bad things’ will happen, but AI is totally worth it
What's happening
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the benefits of AI outweigh the downsides, telling audiences the world should "accept some bad things happening" as society adopts AI. He named examples like hacks and scams as the kinds of harms that may occur, but argued people will do "tremendously orders of magnitude more good stuff" with AI. Altman's comments frame those harms as costs to tolerate in exchange for large net benefits from AI.
Why it's trending
Altman's high-profile defense of AI tradeoffs is rising because it bluntly reframes harms like hacks and scams as acceptable collateral for greater gains.
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- 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. The OpenAI CEO pointed to hacks, scams, and "other bad things" as costs society should expect to tolerate because "people will do tremendously orders of magnitude more good stuff" with AI, […]
The Verge AIOct 5 - Altman: The world should accept some bad things happening for the benefits of AIHackerNewsOct 5
- Accept 'bad things' in return for benefits of AI, says Sam AltmanHackerNewsOct 5
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