I was surprised by this quote. On following the link, the sentence by itself seems noticeably out of context; here’s the next part:
On the growing artificial intelligence market: “AI will probably most likely lead to the end of the world, but in the meantime, there’ll be great companies.”
On what Altman would do if he were President Obama: “If I were Barack Obama, I would commit maybe $100 billion to R&D of AI safety initiatives.” Altman also shared that he recently invested in a company doing “AI safety research” to investigate the potential risks of artificial intelligence.
I was surprised by this quote. On following the link, the sentence by itself seems noticeably out of context; here’s the next part: