Sam Altman

First, it is vital that AI companies–especially those working on the most powerful models–adhere to an appropriate set of safety requirements, including internal and external testing prior to release and publication of evaluation results. Verified source

If AGI is successfully created, this technology could help us elevate humanity by increasing abundance, turbocharging the global economy, and aiding in the discovery of new scientific knowledge that changes the limits of possibility. AGI has the pote... more Unverified source (2023)

We talk about the IAEA as a model where the world has said 'OK, very dangerous technology, let's all put some guard rails.' Unverified source (2023)

I think it’s good to start studying [basic income] early. I’m fairly confident that at some point in the future, as technology continues to eliminate traditional jobs and massive new wealth gets created, we’re going to see some version of this at a n... more Unverified source

Development of superhuman machine intelligence (SMI) [1] is probably the greatest threat to the continued existence of humanity. There are other threats that I think are more certain to happen (for example, an engineered virus with a long incubation ... more Unverified source (2015)

We talk about the IAEA as a model where the world has said 'OK, very dangerous technology, let's all put some guard rails.' Unverified source (2023)

OpenAI is not a normal company and never will be. Our mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence (AGI) benefits all of humanity. When we started OpenAI, we did not have a detailed sense for how we were going to accomplish our mission. ... more Unverified source (2025)

People need to have agency, the ability to influence this. They need, we need to sort of jointly be architects of the future. Unverified source

But the governance of the most powerful systems, as well as decisions regarding their deployment, must have strong public oversight. We believe people around the world should democratically decide on the bounds and defaults for AI systems. Second, w... more Verified source (2023)

But then there is a long continuation from what we call AGI to what we call Superintelligence. Unverified source (2024)