Sam Altman
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No. I don't actually know what that's about, but we've certainly, as far as I know.
I don't even think, like, the Biden administration is competent enough to – I mean, we were in a room with them, but never – and other companies in the administration – but never, like, here's our conspiracy theory. We're going to make it only you few companies that can build AI. And then you have to do what we say. Never anything like that.
I don't even think, like, the Biden administration is competent enough to – I mean, we were in a room with them, but never – and other companies in the administration – but never, like, here's our conspiracy theory. We're going to make it only you few companies that can build AI. And then you have to do what we say. Never anything like that.
I don't even think, like, the Biden administration is competent enough to – I mean, we were in a room with them, but never – and other companies in the administration – but never, like, here's our conspiracy theory. We're going to make it only you few companies that can build AI. And then you have to do what we say. Never anything like that.
I think – and she – every conversation I had with her, I thought she kind of got it. Overall, I would say the administration was not that effective.
I think – and she – every conversation I had with her, I thought she kind of got it. Overall, I would say the administration was not that effective.
I think – and she – every conversation I had with her, I thought she kind of got it. Overall, I would say the administration was not that effective.
The things that I would most – that I think should have been the administration's priorities and I hope will be the next administration's priorities are building out massive AI infrastructure in the U.S., having a supply chain in the U.S., things like that.
The things that I would most – that I think should have been the administration's priorities and I hope will be the next administration's priorities are building out massive AI infrastructure in the U.S., having a supply chain in the U.S., things like that.
The things that I would most – that I think should have been the administration's priorities and I hope will be the next administration's priorities are building out massive AI infrastructure in the U.S., having a supply chain in the U.S., things like that.
Yeah. First of all, I think all the analogies are tough because they work in some ways and don't work in other ways. You can point to things that are similar to the nuclear era. You can talk about like it takes enormous resources and huge amounts of energy to – enrich uranium on one hand or to produce these models on the other. So you can find things like that that work.
Yeah. First of all, I think all the analogies are tough because they work in some ways and don't work in other ways. You can point to things that are similar to the nuclear era. You can talk about like it takes enormous resources and huge amounts of energy to – enrich uranium on one hand or to produce these models on the other. So you can find things like that that work.
Yeah. First of all, I think all the analogies are tough because they work in some ways and don't work in other ways. You can point to things that are similar to the nuclear era. You can talk about like it takes enormous resources and huge amounts of energy to – enrich uranium on one hand or to produce these models on the other. So you can find things like that that work.
And then the use of one of these models and the use of a nuclear weapon are like quite different things. And sort of the geopolitical implications are also quite different things. So I think to steelman the argument of people who say things like, you know, it's like nuclear weapons, I think what they mean is that it's It's extremely expensive and has extreme geopolitical consequences.
And then the use of one of these models and the use of a nuclear weapon are like quite different things. And sort of the geopolitical implications are also quite different things. So I think to steelman the argument of people who say things like, you know, it's like nuclear weapons, I think what they mean is that it's It's extremely expensive and has extreme geopolitical consequences.
And then the use of one of these models and the use of a nuclear weapon are like quite different things. And sort of the geopolitical implications are also quite different things. So I think to steelman the argument of people who say things like, you know, it's like nuclear weapons, I think what they mean is that it's It's extremely expensive and has extreme geopolitical consequences.
We don't know exactly what those are or how to think about them. But because we don't know exactly what they are, shouldn't we have like a principle of letting the government decide? And? I can imagine other governments at other times in history where we should be very thrilled about that outcome.
We don't know exactly what those are or how to think about them. But because we don't know exactly what they are, shouldn't we have like a principle of letting the government decide? And? I can imagine other governments at other times in history where we should be very thrilled about that outcome.
We don't know exactly what those are or how to think about them. But because we don't know exactly what they are, shouldn't we have like a principle of letting the government decide? And? I can imagine other governments at other times in history where we should be very thrilled about that outcome.
I think putting the current United States government in charge of developing AGI faster and better than our competitors would not likely go well. I think the decline in state capacity in this country is not a new observation but a mournful one.