Sam Altman

Appearing in federal court in Oakland on Tuesday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testified that he believes himself to be, quote, an honest and trustworthy business person.

Testifying for the first time in the landmark trial, Altman said that it was Musk who had sought to seize control of OpenAI and make money from it.

Comprehensive.

Speculative.

Insightful.

Profound.

I think we're going to get nuclear fusion to work in the next few years.

And importantly, not just as a scientific demonstration, but as incredibly cheap energy and at global scale.

They really need to feel like they have a voice in governing the future and deciding where things go.

And I think if you just say, okay,

AI is going to do everything and then everybody gets a dividend from that, it's not going to feel good.

And I don't think it actually would be good for people.

So I think we need to find a way where we're not just like, if we're in this world, where we're not just distributing money or wealth.

Actually, I don't just want a check every month.

What I would want is an ownership share in whatever the AI creates so that I feel like I'm participating in this thing that's going to compound and get more valuable over time.

I think society is going to decide that creators of AI products bear a tremendous amount of responsibility to the products we put out in the world.

My highest order bit is to not destroy the world with AI.

I felt like I got hit by a truck.

I thought, how could this happen to me?

I think society is going to decide that creators of AI products bear a tremendous amount of responsibility to products we put out in the world.