Sam Altman criticizes handing control to AI as 'misanthropic'
ns123abc · x · 2026-08-24
Sam Altman fired shots at Anthropic, arguing that becoming too powerful to control or centralizing power in one company/model is a 'very anti-human position.' He criticized the idea of handing over control to AI models because of distrust in people, calling it a 'misanthropic' view.
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