Sam Altman

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 AI Verified source (2015)

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 AI Verified source (2023)

When the frontier models are in the hands of pretty responsible companies, I think we can mitigate [risks] by the companies aligning their models and having good classifiers and good safety stacks. AI Unverifiable source (2026)

Power in the future can either be held by a small handful of companies using and controlling superintelligence, or it can be held in a decentralized way by people. We believe the latter is much better [...] We will resist the potential of this techno... more AI Verified source (2026)

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)