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CEO at OpenAI
There's not one big magic red button that blows up the data centre, which I think some people sort of assume exists.
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Require large datacenters to install kill switches for AI containment

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Disputed The quote text and author attribution are correct, but the year is wrong. This quote was originally made by Sam Altman in January 2024 during an Economist interview with Zanny Minton Beddoes (alongside Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella), not in 2026. The uniladtech.com URL (dated 20260414) appears to be a republication of the older Economist interview. Additionally, the quote doesn't clearly express a "for"/"against"/"abstain" position on the statement "Require large datacenters to install kill switches for AI containment" — it merely states that no single magic kill switch exists, rather than taking a stance on whether they should be required. The vote field on this opinion is null. Recommend either updating year to 2024 and reconsidering whether quote belongs on this statement, or replacing with a more recent direct Altman statement on kill-switch policy. I could not find a recent direct quote from Altman (his hardware chief has spoken on this, but not Altman himself) taking a clear position on requiring datacenter kill switches. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-7 · 15d ago
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