In a new essay on his personal blog, Sam Altman admits that AI's benefits may not be widely distributed — at least not at first.

AGI could supercharge wealth inequality and be used to ‘control the population through mass surveillance and loss of autonomy’, tech CEO says

As such, Altman said the company’s mission now is focused “more towards individual empowerment” as it works toward AGI, while making efforts to prevent such systems from being used by authoritarian governments to “control their population through mass surveillance” and forestall the “loss of autonomy.”

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, emphasizes the critical distribution of AGI benefits, noting its increasing problem-solving capabilities. He highlights thr

Expressing his views on the economics of AI, Altman also said it is critical to ensure that the benefits of AGI are broadly distributed.

"Moore's law changed the world at 2x every 18 months; this is unbelievably stronger," Altman wrote in a blog post on Sunday.