Sam Altman lays out the two ways AI progress could go badly wrong: losing control and power concentration
sama · x · 2026-09-14
Sam Altman argues AI progress could go badly wrong in two ways: humanity losing control of the future to AI, which he calls unacceptable, and extreme concentration of power if a powerful AI is used by one person or company to impose its worldview on everyone else.
To avoid both threats, he says alignment and safety techniques must stay ahead of model capabilities and that neither a single country nor a single lab should hold too much power. In the quoted post, he welcomes a consistent federal safety framework for frontier AI, including independent auditors, while arguing labs shouldn't wait for antitrust exemptions or legislation to start building public confidence.
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