Sam Altman admits we should accept ‘some bad things’ for sake of AI supremacy 

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says that in order to advance artificial intelligence and reap the benefits from technological growth, we should be prepared to accept some bad things happening as a consequence.  

And guess what? He’s right!  

He’s obviously right, if you think about it for just a few seconds. However, this line is being portrayed as some kind of dark confession that Altman is willing to burn the world in order to pursue his reckless dream — unlike his rival, Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, who is much more in favor of growing AI slowly and with the government’s explicit regulatory policing.  

Now look, I definitely think AI is starting to develop a bit of an image problem, and I wish the CEOs would be a bit more careful with their words, and stop giving everybody the wrongful impression that they don’t care if technology causes some massive harm. But ultimately, Altman is right that new technology is worth it, even if there are some associated harms, if overall the improvements for humanity are significant.  

The automobile is associated with thousands of deaths every year, so there’s a technology that causes some harm — some real loss of life. But we accept that, because cars have made transportation far easier and are just simply a massive improvement. We accept the tradeoff. We do this all........

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