Altman was pushing that narrative because he’s a ladder kicker.
He doesn’t give a shit about “safety”. He just wants regulation that will make it much harder for new AI upstarts to reach or even surpass the level of OpenAI’s success, thereby cementing OpenAI’s dominance in the market for a very long time, perhaps forever.
He’s using a moral high ground as a cover for more selfish objectives, beware of this tactic in the real world.
He doesn’t give a shit about “safety”. He just wants regulation that will make it much harder for new AI upstarts to reach or even surpass the level of OpenAI’s success, thereby cementing OpenAI’s dominance in the market for a very long time, perhaps forever.
He’s using a moral high ground as a cover for more selfish objectives, beware of this tactic in the real world.