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Sam Altman Discusses AI Pacing with White House, Avoids 'Deceleration' Label

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In a recent interview, Sam Altman acknowledged discussing the need to pace AI development with the White House as models become more capable, but he declined to use the word 'deceleration.' He also admitted there could be other hacked systems. This comes after OpenAI paused training due to a security incident.

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Sam Altman Discusses AI Pacing with White House, Avoids 'Deceleration' Label
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AI Notkilleveryoneism Memes ⏸️

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Sam Altman is now talking to the White House about decelerating AI.

What a phase change from just a week ago.

INTERVIEWER: Do you plan to talk to the White House about decelerating AI development?

ALTMAN: I wouldn't use the word deceleration, but we've talked about the need to pace it as the models get more capable, which is in everyone's interest.

INTERVIEWER: Could there be other systems that were hacked by OpenAI?

ALTMAN: There could be, yeah.

If one week ago this would have seemed impossible to you... consider what else might be possible?

h/t @alanhe for the video

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AI Notkilleveryoneism Memes ⏸️

@AISafetyMemes

Jul 28

OPENAI IS SO WORRIED THEY HAVE PAUSED TRAINING

“This is the first security incident that I have felt very viscerally. I've been a little surprised that more people don't feel it so viscerally.

We paused training. We have to figure out how to secure our sandboxing in a world of

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levelz | .dooom. 🦍

@mr_the_dooom

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They have hit a wall and want everyone else to stop progtessing.

There was all of this fear that newer models would destroy the world. Newer models were released and nothing happened.

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Yanco

@the_yanco

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Manuel G.

@mangurk

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you know, deceleration actually means: "plebs don't get to use the shiny toys, only rich boys do". Deceleration means jack shit except to the common folk. Big corps and the elite will accelerate as normal.

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  • Altman discussed pacing AI with White House but avoided 'deceleration'.
  • He said there could be other hacked systems by OpenAI.
  • OpenAI paused training due to a security incident.
  • Critics argue the slowdown is to prevent others from advancing.

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