Sam Altman is now talking to the White House about decelerating AI

Sam Altman is now talking to the White House about decelerating AI(twitter.com)

16 points by abhishekdev 2 hours ago | 16 comments

xscott 53 minutes ago |

I doubt he plans to convince Xi Jinping to decelerate too, so really this is talking to the Whitehouse about banning Chinese models.

TitaRusell 6 minutes ago | |

AI is the only thing America has left China is still making stuff.

eqvinox 1 hour ago |

Nah, he's talking about accelerating his net worth, it just happens to be that right now slowing AI might do that. Especially if it affects his competition.

e40 1 hour ago |

Losing the race? Get your political buddies to help “level” the playing field!

one33seven 38 minutes ago | |

free market ;)

wao0uuno 1 hour ago |

“Oh no AI is totally getting too powerful! White House must intervene!

…pls invest more money”

_davide_ 1 hour ago | |

pls..? more like `if you don't we'll all die, so do it`

owebmaster 25 minutes ago | | |

> if you don't we'll all die, so do it

That's please in Epsteinglish

Havoc 21 minutes ago |

That can’t be good.

abhishekdev 2 hours ago |

Not sure how much I trust AI labs to do the right thing.

mithilasadu 2 hours ago | |

Absolutely not. But I think it’s fair to assume they want themselves and their loved ones to survive.

pjc50 49 minutes ago | | |

They're very bad at buying "pitchfork insurance" if so.

one33seven 37 minutes ago | | |

Yes but only those, not the whole of humanity

ben_w 2 hours ago | | |

Most of them sure (even if they don't, most at least outwardly present as so), but Musk seems to be a bit not even that these days:

  Elon Musk
  Yeah, I mean, yes, pretty much. Let's, let's enjoy the ride. I think my philosophy at this point because I mean honestly there seems to be just an inexorable progress here in Al and, and in robots that even if I wanted to stop it, and I don't, I couldn't.

  Zanny Minton Beddoes
  Do you think there's still a 10 to 20% chance that killer robots mean the end of humanity?
  That's a high P doom, as they say.

- https://elonmuskarchive.org/video/economist-elon-musk-2026-0...

bravetraveler 1 hour ago |

... and guarantee the bogeyman is going to kick our puppies, or whatever? Hah!

Elon Musk Yeah, I mean, yes, pretty much. Let's, let's enjoy the ride. I think my philosophy at this point because I mean honestly there seems to be just an inexorable progress here in Al and, and in robots that even if I wanted to stop it, and I don't, I couldn't. Zanny Minton Beddoes Do you think there's still a 10 to 20% chance that killer robots mean the end of humanity? That's a high P doom, as they say.