Barry Diller trusts Sam Altman. But ‘trust is irrelevant’ as AGI nears, he says.
Key takeaways
- Billionaire media mogul Barry Diller doesn t think Open AI CEO Sam Altman is untrustworthy, despite recent reporting to the contrary.
- Diller, who is friendly with Altman, was responding to a question about whether or not people should put their faith in Altman to ensure that artificial intelligence benefits humanity.
- In particular, he was asked about the theoretical form of AI known as Artificial General Intelligence, or AGI, which could one day outperform humans on any task.
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Billionaire media mogul Barry Diller doesn t think Open AI CEO Sam Altman is untrustworthy, despite recent reporting to the contrary. On stage at The Wall Street Journal s Future of Everything conference this week, Diller vouched for the AI exec, who has been accused by some former colleagues and board members of being manipulative and deceptive at times.
Diller, who is friendly with Altman, was responding to a question about whether or not people should put their faith in Altman to ensure that artificial intelligence benefits humanity.
In particular, he was asked about the theoretical form of AI known as Artificial General Intelligence, or AGI, which could one day outperform humans on any task.