Sam Altman calls forUSAAn international coalition led by the United Nations to ensure that AI becomes a tool for freedom and democracy, rather than a tool for authoritarians to maintain power and rule over others.
Ultraman is OpenAI The billionaire CEO of AI, which makes AI-powered cars, wrote in a Washington Post op-ed that “who will control artificial intelligence” is “the pressing question of our time,” not the climate change to which he and others’ AI partners are undoubtedly contributing, nor the misguided politics that will result from the technology.
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He believes we need to ensure that the field is dominated by the Western world, led by the United States. Only an uncharitable person would interpret Altman’s call to action as a sign that he is simply trying to protect his California-based OpenAI from Chinese competition.
“There is no third option, and now is the time to decide which path to take,” Altman said. “The United States currently leads in AI development, but … authoritarian governments around the world are willing to spend vast sums to catch up and ultimately surpass us.”
Altman argues that these regimes will exploit the potential scientific, health, and educational benefits of AI to maintain their grip on power, singling out Russia and China as threats. If they are allowed to do so, he warns, “they will force U.S. companies and companies in other countries to share user data … to spy on their own citizens or to create the next generation of cyber weapons to use against other countries.”
"The first chapter of AI has been written," Altman said, referring to "limited assistants" like ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot. "More progress will come soon and will usher in a decisive period in the story of human society," he added. "If we hope to ensure that the future of AI benefits as many people as possible, we need a global alliance led by the United States and an innovative new strategy to achieve this goal." Altman added that this strategy needs to include four aspects: improving AI safety; governments building the infrastructure needed to support the latest and greatest AI models; developing an "AI foreign policy"; and ensuring a new set of norms for developing and deploying AI.
Altman said he thinks the future AI freedom force will play a role similar to the International Atomic Energy Agency. Or, he said, it could be something like ICANN.