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Andrew Marantz

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The New Yorker Radio Hour
Sam Altman’s Trust Issues at OpenAI

As did his vice president and several other people.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Sam Altman’s Trust Issues at OpenAI

And then he, you know, in 2024, he starts to, you know, shift.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Sam Altman’s Trust Issues at OpenAI

Dial back the Hitler.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Sam Altman’s Trust Issues at OpenAI

We almost went with that as the headline of the piece.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Sam Altman’s Trust Issues at OpenAI

And then he starts to say, you know, I think this country will be okay no matter what happens.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Sam Altman’s Trust Issues at OpenAI

And it seems very clear, actually, according to a bunch of Biden administration national security officials who we spoke to.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Sam Altman’s Trust Issues at OpenAI

He used to go to the Biden White House all the time.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Sam Altman’s Trust Issues at OpenAI

All the time and encourage them to regulate more heavily.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Sam Altman’s Trust Issues at OpenAI

Right.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Sam Altman’s Trust Issues at OpenAI

And say this executive order doesn't go far enough.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Sam Altman’s Trust Issues at OpenAI

We need to restrict and regulate this technology more.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Sam Altman’s Trust Issues at OpenAI

Then Trump comes in.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Sam Altman’s Trust Issues at OpenAI

Literal day one – literal first day of the Trump administration, they announce massive new data infrastructure projects and then Trump and his administration start blessing this acceleration off to the races.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Sam Altman’s Trust Issues at OpenAI

Yeah.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Sam Altman’s Trust Issues at OpenAI

Many ongoing suits for various different things.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Sam Altman’s Trust Issues at OpenAI

So some of this has to do with liability.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Sam Altman’s Trust Issues at OpenAI

You don't have to believe in the sci-fi existential harms to see the very real harms that are already occurring.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Sam Altman’s Trust Issues at OpenAI

psychosis that is furthered by addiction to these chatbots.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Sam Altman’s Trust Issues at OpenAI

Okay, how would that happen?

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Sam Altman’s Trust Issues at OpenAI

Well, this is not just like a Google search where, you know, this is an ongoing kind of relationship that people have with a chatbot, and the chatbots can be sycophantic.