Sam Altman reveals his fears for humanity as ‘this weird emergent thing’ of AI keeps evolving: ‘No one knows what happens next’
- AI’s rapid progress is a double -edged swordSam Altman told PodCaster Theo von, the ethical alignment that is irreversible, the nature of the work is irreversibly changed, the moral alignment is not urgent and not solved, and the cultural response is divided but vital. I felt their interview as if they were staring at a vacuum, sometimes, with the human goal in the risk of eliminating rapid progress of technology. Altman agreed with almost all doubts that von had raised, but he made an optimistic vision. However, he said that children and digital well -being will require attention forward.
Sam Altman, CEO of Openai and one of the most influential voices in artificial intelligence, sat with the comedian Theo von in an expansion conversation and deepening in a new episode of the very common podcast von, “at the end of this week.” An hour and a half dialogue, registered at the Openai headquarters in San Francisco, has passed the urgent race to develop the most powerful Amnesty International, the impact of destabilizing the automation of the workforce, hopes and concerns that feared the Silicon Valley, and Altman’s personal concern about the technology that constitutes our world.
From the jump, iPhone pressed Altman about the pace of development of artificial intelligence. “Do you think that there should be a kind of slowdown?” Von asked, adding: “This is one of the reasons that sometimes make me afraid to use certain things of artificial intelligence because I do not know how much I want to put because I do not know who will get it.”
Altman compared the current climate between the leading AI companies with intense “race” – not only for commercial hegemony, but because the values that direct the development today will be echoed over generations. He said that if Openai does not move quickly, another person will do so, and the fate of artificial intelligence could come out from the hands of those most obvious about his social consequences.
Altman admitted the uncertainty in the future, both for those who build these systems and to obtain the wider society in their wake. “I think that all human history suggests that we find a way to put ourselves in the center of the story and feel satisfied with it … Even in a world in which artificial intelligence does all these things that humans are used to doing, we will find a way to tell our story that they feel the main characters.”
Altman or Von did not address the fact that artificial intelligence may start from humans to supporting characters, as many leaders of thought warn of the ability of artificial intelligence to endanger human life. However, Altman said he believed that humans will remain the main characters to move forward, “in an important sense.”
Reclerge work and value
Von also asked if people should worry that their functions could be old by artificial intelligence. “How will people remain alive?” He asked.
Altman argued that artificial intelligence will create the possibilities of individuals to follow more creative, philosophical or personal goals, but von retreated: “One of the big concerns like the purpose, right? Like the human purpose. Like work gives us the purpose … if artificial intelligence is supposed to continue to advance very quickly, then it seems as if we feel the goal of the goal of really disappearance.”
Altman said when everyone has a kind of access to the immediate experience offered by artificial intelligence, human beings can reshape the idea of what it means to contribute to society, although it warned that the transition will be very worrying for those whose ways are displaced in the short term.
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2025-07-24 15:38:00
