Sam Altman Says AI Accidents Are ‘Regrettably’ Unavoidable

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said at Salesforce's Dreamforce conference Tuesday that accidents with increasingly capable AI models are "regrettably" unavoidable, and urged the industry to build a culture of openly reporting and learning from them. Speaking in an interview with Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, Altman compared the approach he wants the AI industry to take to aviation, where regulators and companies investigate accidents to improve safety across the broader system, and said he is confident the industry can police AI safety.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told a conference Tuesday that AI https://www.adweek.com/category/artificial-intelligence-2/ companies should expect accidents as increasingly capable models are deployed, and urged the industry to build a culture of openly reporting and learning from them, adding that he is confident the industry can police AI safety. “Regrettably, accidents with any new technology are unavoidable,” Altman said during an interview with Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff at Dreamforce https://www.adweek.com/media/anthropics-dario-amodei-and-nvidias-jensen-huang-take-their-ai-safety-fight-to-dreamforce/ . Altman compared the approach he wants the AI industry to take to aviation, where regulators and companies investigate accidents and use those findings to improve safety of the broader system. UNLOCK FULL ACCESS Subscribe and get full access to the news, insights, and expertise that keep industry professionals ahead of the curve. VIEW ALL SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS https://www.adweek.com/subscription/