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Sam Altman says ‘some bad things’ will happen but AI is totally worth it

Sam Altman thinks that the benefits of AI will be so great that "the world should accept some bad things happening" along the way. The OpenAI CEO pointed to hacks, scams, and "other bad things" as costs society should expect to tolerate because "people will d...

Source: The Verge AI · theverge.com Published 2026-10-05T16:44:21+00:00 Detected 2026-10-05T17:18:45+00:00
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Sam Altman thinks that the benefits of AI will be so great that "the world should accept some bad things happening" along the way. The OpenAI CEO pointed to hacks, scams, and "other bad things" as costs society should expect to tolerate because "people will d...

Sam Altman thinks that the benefits of AI will be so great that "the world should accept some bad things happening" along the way. The OpenAI CEO pointed to hacks, scams, and "other bad things" as costs society should expect to tolerate because "people will do tremendously orders of magnitude more good stuff" with...

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Signal Strength 84% Technical label WATCH Public Interest 40 Category SECURITY Reader Depth GENERAL

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Recognizable Entity Score 67 Practical Impact Score 0 Novelty Interest Score 70 Consequence Score 26 Curiosity Score 0 Shareability Score 56

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