Altman: Accept AI 'Bad Things' for the Upside — SkimNews
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- Sam Altman said AI's upside is so large that 'the world should accept some bad things happening' along the way
- The OpenAI CEO pointed to hacks, scams, and 'other bad things' as costs society should expect to tolerate because 'people will do tremendously orders of magnitude more' good
Why it matters: Altman's framing positions routine AI harms — hacks, scams — as acceptable collateral damage rather than bugs to fix, giving OpenAI implicit rhetorical cover the next time those harms hit users. For regulators weighing AI safety rules, the most prominent AI CEO has publicly set the bar at 'worth it despite the bad.'
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