Altman: The world should accept some bad things happening for the benefits of AI

deadlinermusic

Didn't this guy rape his own sister?

onlyrealcuzzo

> I am willing to accept a price that you must pay.

mikemarsh

"Some of you may die, but it's a sacrifice I am willing to make"

tamimio

More of: for the benefits of *OpenAI Suddenly, the doom end of world scenarios are just “some bad things”

amphitheatre

> Some of you may die. That is a sacrifice that I am willing to make.

rich_sasha

> The world should accept some bad things happening for the benefits of AI Looks a lot like “The world should accept some bad things happening for the benefits of Sam Altman”

jordanb

Don't let a guy with a survival bunker decide what "bad things" humanity should accept.

KerrAvon

This is not candor; it's an excuse. It's software. Put up guardrails or take an axe to the data center fiber if you're unwilling to do so.

ssalka

The optics here are bad, but the same argument has been made before with other technologies, eg cars: we accept some amount of traffic fatalities for the benefit of traveling more efficiently

jasonlotito

I like to temper my world views with a particular thought experiment. I ask myself "What if the bad thing applied to me and my loved ones?" In this context, Sam Altman is saying, outloud, that he accepts bad things happening to him and his loved ones for the benefits of AI.

ChrisArchitect

Earlier: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49964248

freehorse

Maybe Sam Altman should accept some bad things happening to him for the benefits of the world.

tudorizer

How are above-average tech people still working for and listening to this bloke? What am I missing?

sssilver

...and exactly what bad thing will happen to Sam Altman as a result of AI?

werwer112

What is wrong with this argument? Isn't this the case for ANY new technology? Didn't deaths by train go up once we started laying track? Didn't death by cars start going up once we started driving? Didn't crime become easier once gangs had phones to coordinate with each other? This is silly. These tech CEOs have to understand nuance does not read well in headlines but still... for a bunch of "smart" people on HN to doom over this headline is silly.

prologic

Who does Altman think he is anyway? For that matter Elon Musk too. What is wrong with these guys? What is with the arrogance?!

altruios

sam altman: the Taravangian of this world.

stogot

The board that ousted Sam seem more and more and more and more prescient

flowerthoughts

I'm gonna go invest in some psycotherapy companies, because the world is gonna need to repair a lot of trauma after the artificial intelligences that currently rule the headlines are done.