OpenAI’s Sam Altman urges US to take leadership in AI

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Thursday called on the US to take a leadership role in artificial intelligence (AI) to ensure a democratic future for the rapidly developing technology.

“The rapid progress made in artificial intelligence means we face a strategic choice about the kind of world we will live in,” Altman wrote in an op-ed in The Washington Post.

“Will it be a scenario in which the United States and allied nations promote global AI that spreads the benefits of technology and opens access to it, or an authoritarian process, in which nations or movements that do not share our values ​​​​use AI to cement and expand your power?” He continued.

Altman, who leads the AI ​​startup behind the popular ChatGPT tool, called for a “US-led global coalition of like-minded countries” and an “innovative new strategy” to achieve this democratic vision.

He argued that American AI companies need to develop “robust security measures,” while the public and private sectors must work to build “significantly larger amounts” of the physical infrastructure needed for AI, such as data centers and power plants. electrical.

“The early installation of fiber optic cables, coaxial lines and other pieces of broadband infrastructure is what allowed the United States to spend decades at the center of the digital revolution and build its current leadership in artificial intelligence,” noted Altman.

The OpenAI CEO also urged the US to develop a “coherent commercial diplomacy policy for AI,” including on export controls and foreign investment rules, and to “think creatively” about new models for establishing standards around AI.

Altman pointed to the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers as potential models for an international AI decision-making body.

“While it is important to identify the right decision-making body, the bottom line is that democratic AI has an advantage over authoritarian AI because our political system has empowered US companies, entrepreneurs and academics to research, innovate and build,” he added in Thursday’s operation. -ed.

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