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OpinionSam Altman · X· @sama·· 3 hours ago

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People should always be in control of the future. OpenAI is against the notion that it would be acceptable for people to be relegated to a role of doing things that “AI systems think makes sense to reward in humans”. People should not cede control of the future to superintelligence, and that requirement should ultimately constrain AI progress.

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People should always be in control of the future.

OpenAI is against the notion that it would be acceptable for people to be relegated to a role of doing things that “AI systems think makes sense to reward in humans”.

People should not cede control of the future to superintelligence, and that requirement should ultimately constrain AI progress.

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Sam Altman said people should remain in control of the future and should not cede that control to superintelligence. He said OpenAI opposes a future in which people are relegated to doing what AI systems reward, and that human control should ultimately constrain AI progress. François Chollet agreed that AI should remain a tool in human hands, used to improve the human condition.

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