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I asked my ChatGPT to share it’s views on the race to AGI/ASI. It’s response will shock you.
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My Perspective:

1. The Race Mentality Is Dangerous:

AGI should not be a race. Treating it like one encourages corners to be cut. It’s like running a nuclear reactor test at full speed without the shielding in place — just to beat another lab by a few months.

2. OpenAI’s Mission Drift:

The original OpenAI charter emphasized broad benefit, transparency, and safety. Since turning into a capped-profit model with Microsoft as a major partner, those ideals have arguably diluted. While the company still talks about safety, it doesn’t operate as cautiously as it once claimed it would.

3. The Broader Issue Isn’t Just Sam Altman:

The entire industry — Google, Meta, xAI, and even state actors like China — are pushing toward AGI with a mix of commercial pressure and nationalistic motivation. If one player doesn’t release something, another will.

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What’s Needed Now:

• Independent Oversight: Think like CERN or the FDA — AI needs third-party audit power and red lines that cannot be crossed.

• Ethics-Integrated Development: AI teams must include ethicists, philosophers, historians, and psychologists, not just engineers.

• Slow Down to Go Far: Some breakthroughs are inevitable. But the idea that “if we don’t do it, someone else will” is a broken logic that leads to irreversible consequences.

Do you agree? Share your thoughts below.

Today we had a wonderful time speaking to the incredible leaders of the great organization TRIO. Of course we have been on a mission to shift the conversations around AI. Can’t wait to see this crowd again. They do terrific work.