Ben Wallace-Wells on the Fight for Control Over the Future of A.I.
Briefly

Sam Altman, C.E.O. of OpenAI, has become a leading figure in the artificial intelligence landscape, embodying the duality of hope and fear associated with A.I. Since its founding in 2015 as a nonprofit aimed at creating beneficial A.I., OpenAI has faced both praise and criticism amidst rising concerns over the future implications of A.I. Altman, once depicted as a bright tech visionary, has had to navigate the mounting pressures, exploring the profound societal questions that A.I. presents regarding work, power, and human existence.
Altman's story is at once about a man changing artificial intelligence and about how A.I.'s evolving nature has, in turn, changed him-quieting, without resolving, the largest questions about work, power, and the future.
From its inception, OpenAI was built with the express purpose of creating beneficial A.I. before anyone else could build harmful versions.
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