Sam Altman: people should not cede control of the future to superintelligence
bookwormengr · x · 2026-11-12
tszzl argued we shouldn't want a future with 1–2 AIs and the rest illegal, but a cambrian explosion of minds experiencing new joys and thoughts — with compatibility with human flourishing as step one. bookwormengr replied citing a rare Sam Altman statement.
Altman wrote that people should always be in control of the future; OpenAI opposes the notion that it would be acceptable for people to be relegated to doing things "AI systems think make sense to reward in humans"; and that the requirement not to cede control to superintelligence should ultimately constrain AI progress. The post drew 10.7M views.
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