Podcasts Culture The TED Interview The race to build AI that benefits humanity | Sam Altman

The race to build AI that benefits humanity | Sam Altman

Published: April 15, 2021, 4 a.m.

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In this new season of the TED Interview, conversations with people who make a case for...optimism.\\xa0Not some blind, hopeful feeling but the conviction that somewhere out there are solutions that, given the right attention and resources, can guide us out of the dark place we\\u2019re in. We share those ideas\\u2014and the people propelling them\\u2014to light a possible path forward.

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For the first episode: AI.\\xa0Will innovation in artificial intelligence drastically improve our lives, or destroy humanity as we know it? From the unintended consequences we\'ve suffered from platforms like Facebook and YouTube to the danger of creating technology we\\xa0can\'t control, it\'s easy to see why people are afraid of a world powered by AI. But in this interview, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman makes a case for AI\'s potential to make the future better for all of us\\u2014and explains how his company is leading that charge with an unusual new business model.

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