OpenAI's Altman: Ascribing religion to models a "safety issue"
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Saturday took a veiled shot at Anthropic and its work on the soul of AI, saying he was "very uncomfortable" with the idea of attributing some kind of religious power to models. Why it matters: It's yet another point of division between Altman and his former colleague Dario Amodei, whose…
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says he's 'very uncomfortable' with the idea of surrendering human judgment to AI models.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Saturday took a veiled shot at Anthropic and its work on the soul of AI, saying he was "very uncomfortable" with the idea of attributing some kind of religious power to models. Why it matters: It's yet another point of division between Altman and his former colleague Dario Amodei, whose…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says he is very uncomfortable with people ascribing religious force to AI models, calling it a real safety issue. His X post follows a New York Times report that Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah hosted religious scholars and philosophers to shape Claude's morals and discuss AI consciousness…
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- OpenAI's Altman: Ascribing religion to models a "safety issue" (opens Axios in a new tab)
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Saturday took a veiled shot at Anthropic and its work on the soul of AI, saying he was "very uncomfortable" with the idea of attributing some kind of religious power to models. Why it matters: It's yet another point of division between Altman and his former colleague Dario Amodei, whose…
- Sam Altman: Don't treat AI like a 'religious force' (opens Business Insider in a new tab)
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says he's 'very uncomfortable' with the idea of surrendering human judgment to AI models.
- Sam Altman isn't happy that Anthropic asked religious scholars if Claude is conscious (opens The Times of India in a new tab)
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says he is very uncomfortable with people ascribing religious force to AI models, calling it a real safety issue. His X post follows a New York Times report that Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah hosted religious scholars and philosophers to shape Claude's morals and discuss AI consciousness…
