Sam Altman's response to Molotov cocktail incident

Post by hackable_sand » Sat, Apr 11, 2026, 4:52 AM UTC

jatora wrote: post #397

BloondAndDoom wrote: post #155

Can someone help me to understand why OpenAI and Anthropic talks as if the future of humanity controlled by them? We have very strong open (weight) Chinese models possibly only 6 months behind of them, gene is out of the bottle, is 6 months of difference really that important? And they don’t have good reasons for that 6 months to stay that way. Am I missing something or are these just their usual marketing? I’m not a…

6 months is an incredible amount of time to control AGI or ASI by yourself. That lead is insurmountable.

Post by 5alsp » Sat, Apr 11, 2026, 5:03 AM UTC

CreepGin wrote: post #309

EA-3167 wrote: post #235

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Anthropic in particular does this masterfully, you’d think they’d invented Skynet by the way they hand-wring. As always what matters are actions and evidence, not talk.

When a model can tell funny jokes or write good poetry, that's when I'll be concerned.

Post by calf » Sat, Apr 11, 2026, 5:05 AM UTC

sillysaurusx wrote: post #467

davesque wrote: post #217

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wouldn't it be more correct to call the article "critical" and not "incendiary"? I looked it over and I don't remember seeing any calls to violence. Altman needs to remember that he holds an incredible amount of power in this moment. He and other current AI tech leaders are effectively sitting on the equivalent of a technological nuclear bomb. Anyone in their right mind would find that threatening.

Sam posted a tweet saying "incendiary" was the wrong word choice. https://x.com/sama/status/2042789312400363702

Post by TZubiri » Sat, Apr 11, 2026, 5:07 AM UTC

kelnos wrote: post #208

> AI has to be democratized; power cannot be too concentrated. Control of the future belongs to all people and their institutions. AI needs to empower people individually, and we need to make decisions about our future and the new rules collectively. I do not think it is right that a few AI labs would make the most consequential decisions about the shape of our future. What a bullshit thing for someone who is not act…

Post by whateveracct » Sat, Apr 11, 2026, 5:09 AM UTC

johnfn wrote: post #163

BloondAndDoom wrote: post #155

Can someone help me to understand why OpenAI and Anthropic talks as if the future of humanity controlled by them? We have very strong open (weight) Chinese models possibly only 6 months behind of them, gene is out of the bottle, is 6 months of difference really that important? And they don’t have good reasons for that 6 months to stay that way. Am I missing something or are these just their usual marketing? I’m not a…

Some people think there will be an exponential takeoff, which means that a 6 month lead effectively rounds up to infinity.