Altman warns UN Security Council of recursive self-improvement and losing control to AI
rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-09-24
- Sam Altman told the UN Security Council that as AI systems approach recursive self-improvement and AI building becomes automated, progress could accelerate rapidly: 'this moment calls for extreme care.'
- He warned humans 'could lose control of the future to AI' if progress outpaces society's ability to follow or intervene.
- He also said OpenAI has unilaterally slowed development before and will do so again.
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