Comment by Sam Altman

Once you see AGI you can't unsee it. It has a real 'ring of power' dynamic to it, and makes people do crazy things. I don't mean that AGI is the ring itself, but instead the totalizing philosophy of 'being the one to control AGI'. [...] The only solution I know of is to orient towards sharing the technology with people broadly, and for no one to have the ring. The two obvious ways to do this are individual empowerment and making sure democratic systems stay in control. Unverified source (2026)