Altman's 'electricity rule' for AI: few hard bans, freedom to use as mission
victor_explore · x · 2026-09-05
Sam Altman frames AI governance like electricity: everyone has a right to it, society agrees on a few hard bans (like not electrocuting someone), and feels its way through the rest — with the freedom to use AI framed as part of OpenAI's mission. Commenter victorexplore reads the real signal as the biggest lab arguing for fewer limits on model usage, meaning builders already shipping with these tools will get more room, not less.
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