Altman says the need for human control should limit AI progress

Sam Altman posted that people must remain in control of the future. He said OpenAI rejects any outcome in which humans are reduced to performing only the actions that AI systems decide to reward. He added that this constraint should ultimately limit AI progress. The post is a statement of principle.

François Chollet, creator of Keras, explicitly co-signed. He wrote that the only worthwhile future is one in which AI remains a tool in human hands, used to elevate the human condition.

The post extends a position Altman set out in September, when he called losing control of the future to AI unacceptable and warned against concentrating power in one company or person, according to the Free Press Journal.