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Ronan Farrow

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

No.

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

There was not a lot of transparency.

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

But he was able to, in making the argument for himself, also, I think, assert and get into the bloodstream a broader argument that that kind of safety-mindedness no longer has a place in a race to achieve AGI with massive economic stakes.

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

And today you see that reality, that there is a very fair argument that these firms are, on safety, engaged in something of a race to the bottom.

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

Mm-hmm.

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

ChatGPT is now able to convince human observers that it is human more often than humans are able to.

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

This is research published last year that when you look at this test of can a chatbot deceive a human observer into thinking that the chatbot is a human, human beings pass that threshold less often than chat GPT.

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

And worth pointing out, useful in a very sincere and deep way.

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

I mean, when you look at the medical applications, lives are being saved.

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

For diagnostics and research.

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

It is a game changer for things like, you know, severe weather warnings, which may sound banal, but that is truly a lifesaver.

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

There are all kinds of applications where this is the real deal already.

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

If I'm being honest, through this reporting, I feel oddly somewhat connected to Sam.

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

He may have a different view of the rapport.

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

I do think I understand him on a certain level.

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

I had these moments with him where I would ask, what is your personal human experience of so many people around you saying these things about your honesty and integrity?

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

Because for me, it would be such a terribly devastating thing to hear.

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

And I will say on this point he is somewhat resistant to self-reflection is my impression as he is on a range of these questions.

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

When we talked about his roots and some of these perhaps formative factors, his sexual identity, his Jewishness, his socioeconomic background.

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

Which was prosperous.