There are “risks” to artificial intelligence, but calling AI a “creature” is the stuff of sci-fi movies, Sam Altman told The Advocate.
Sam Altman wants to clear the air about a popular sentiment some might have about artificial intelligence.
In an interview with The Advocate, an LGBTQ+ news publication, the OpenAI CEO said that one of the “biggest misconceptions” about AI is that it is often thought of as a “creature” rather than a “tool.”
“It’s a better movie plot if it’s a creature in a sci-fi movie, for example. If you use ChatGPT, it’s clearly a tool,” he said, later adding that “the popular misconception of AI as sci-fi is very, very different from people who have been using it as a tool for a long time.”
Altman recognized that the tool comes with “risks.” He continued, “But they’re of a different shape and a different kind of profile.
