Altman Says AI Could Cause ‘Significant Harm to the World’
Altman may not have compared AI to a nuclear weapon like some lawmakers but he did acknowledge he worried his product could cause “significant harm to the world.” Those harms could present themsvles by way of mass disinformation, scams, large-scale job displacement, and a muddying of what’s considered true online.
Altman assured senators he believes AI’s “benefits greatly outweigh the risks,” but acknowledged government intervention and regulation could be critical to safeguarding against some of its worst byproducts. Pressing pause on new LLMs, as some have suggested, was quickly written off as unpractical.
