Executive summary: Sam Altman has argued slower AI progress reduces existential risk, yet he now reportedly aims to rapidly expand compute supply, contradicting his stance and potentially accelerating capabilities growth without safety improvements.
Key points:
Altman said slower AI progress allows more time to ensure safety, but his massive chip manufacturing plan would quicken capabilities growth.
Increasing compute supply likely speeds up AI progress, shortening timelines and potentially enabling faster, more dangerous takeoff speeds.
The plan seems at odds with Altman’s view that safety and capabilities progress should increase together in a balanced way.
Altman claimed smaller compute overhangs may slow takeoff speeds, but expanding supply boosts overhangs and acceleration.
Board members who voted to remove Altman had reviewed the blog post stating his slower-is-safer perspective.
If Altman changed his mind on risks of compute overhangs, it would help to publicly explain his updated views.
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Executive summary: Sam Altman has argued slower AI progress reduces existential risk, yet he now reportedly aims to rapidly expand compute supply, contradicting his stance and potentially accelerating capabilities growth without safety improvements.
Key points:
Altman said slower AI progress allows more time to ensure safety, but his massive chip manufacturing plan would quicken capabilities growth.
Increasing compute supply likely speeds up AI progress, shortening timelines and potentially enabling faster, more dangerous takeoff speeds.
The plan seems at odds with Altman’s view that safety and capabilities progress should increase together in a balanced way.
Altman claimed smaller compute overhangs may slow takeoff speeds, but expanding supply boosts overhangs and acceleration.
Board members who voted to remove Altman had reviewed the blog post stating his slower-is-safer perspective.
If Altman changed his mind on risks of compute overhangs, it would help to publicly explain his updated views.
This comment was auto-generated by the EA Forum Team. Feel free to point out issues with this summary by replying to the comment, and contact us if you have feedback.