Altman: Attributing Religion to AI Is a 'Safety Issue' — SkimNews
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- Sam Altman said Saturday he was 'very uncomfortable' with attributing religious power to AI models, labeling it a safety issue in what the piece describes as a veiled shot at Anthropic and its work on 'the soul of AI.'
- The article frames the remark as 'yet another point of division' between Altman and Dario Amodei, the former OpenAI colleague who now leads rival lab Anthropic.
Why it matters: Altman publicly rebuked Anthropic for framing AI in spiritual terms, calling the attribution of religious power to models a 'safety issue' rather than a responsible research direction. The piece frames the Saturday remark as yet another point of division between the two former OpenAI colleagues now leading rival labs, highlighting how personal and philosophical the AI safety debate has become.
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