‘We will learn quickly and course-correct’ — Sam Altman says this is OpenAI’s future, but it’s not the one it started with

OpenAI has just published a new document called ‘Our Principles’ written by Sam Altman, and at first glance it reads like a simple corporate manifesto update. But the more I read it, the more I start to think that it isn't what it appears to be.

Something has definitely changed here, compared to OpenAI’s previous statements, so let’s unpack what it is. We can start by taking a look at what it is not saying, as well as what it is saying.

The race of AGI — is it still happening?

For a start, the post is very deliberately credited to Sam Altman, as if it’s something of a personal mission statement, which made me want to compare it to his previous blogs on AI.

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