Even Sam Altman himself wants to tame the AI. The creator of ChatGPT believes that algorithms can disrupt elections

Sam Altan, president of OpenAI, the research lab that created Dall-E 2, stated in the first congressional hearing that “Artificial intelligence regulation is essential.” During a hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee, Altman admitted that he supports regulations and guidelines that would support the benefits of artificial intelligence and minimize the risks.

We believe that government regulatory intervention will be crucial to minimize the risks posed by powerful (artificial intelligence – ed.)

Altman said,

AI should be regulated. Even the head of ChatGPT wants it

Altman suggested that the government should consider licensing and testing requirements for the development and release of AI models. He proposed the development of a set of security procedures and specific tests that the algorithms would have to pass before they would be allowed to be used. The head of OpenAI would also like them to be checked by independent auditors before launching.

Senators in the hearing compared generative to social media and talked about the lessons lawmakers learned from the government’s failure to regulate them. However, Altman himself emphasized that Catch-230, which exempts users from liability for posts, is not the right way to regulate AI.

Among the opportunities offered by AI, senators mentioned the promise of curing cancer, a deeper understanding of physics and biology, or modeling climate and weather. However, they are afraid of deepfakes, disinformation, discrimination in housing, harassment of women and impersonal scams. There is also fear about the potential of AI to replace humans, which would result in millions of people losing their jobs.

Altman admitted that in the future, the tools that OpenAI is building will indeed find the answer to humanity’s greatest challenge, such as climate issues or a cure for cancer. However, he stressed that as of today, they can’t do any of those things. He added that he believes the benefits far outweigh the risks, and his company conducts intensive testing and implements fuses and monitors algorithms before releasing them.

We built OpenAI on the belief that artificial intelligence can improve almost every aspect of our lives, but at the same time it creates serious risks that we must work together to manage

Altman said.

The creator of ChatGPT believes that technology will significantly change the labor market, but he believes that it will also create many more jobs. – Work will be better. It’s important to think of GPT as a tool, not a creation. GPT4 and other similar tools are good at getting things done, not at work. In my opinion, GPT4 will completely automate some professions, but it will also create new ones, and I believe that they will be much better – said Altman.

ChatGPT can influence the outcome of elections

Altman himself also expressed serious concerns about the impact of large language models such as ChatGPT on elections and disinformation. As he admitted, there are many things that the algorithm can do, despite its limitations. For example, it is able to detect a person who creates misinformation on Twitter.

However, the head of OpenAI had no answers to questions about compensation for creators whose songs, articles or images were used to train the algorithm. He was also asked how he plans to address the threat posed by artificial intelligence to local journalistic portals whose content is used to train neural networks. Altman replied that he hoped their tool would also help reporters, and “if there is anything we can do to help local news sites, we will.”