User fires back at Altman: you unilaterally conjured 'alien minds' before making them safe
patpat_mit · x · 2026-11-05
Replying to Sam Altman, @camhberg argued that humanity had a far better chance of staying in control of its future before Altman "basically unilaterally conjured alien minds" (in the words of OpenAI's chief scientist) and sprinted to make them maximally powerful and ubiquitous—without first figuring out how to do so safely. The jab directly questions OpenAI's safety-first rhetoric versus its actual acceleration.
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