Sam Altman

Sam Altman est cofondateur et directeur général d’OpenAI ; il avertissait en 2015 que l’intelligence machine surhumaine était probablement la plus grande menace pour l’humanité et soutient aujourd’hui que tout échec d’alignement doit être traité comme une affaire grave, tout en livrant des modèles de pointe.

Fonctions

févr. 2014 – mars 2019President, Y CombinatorSource →
déc. 2015 – aujourd’huiCo-founder, OpenAICo-founded OpenAI as a non-profit research organisation.Source →
2019 – aujourd’huiChief Executive Officer, OpenAIRemoved by the board on 17 November 2023 and reinstated on 21 November 2023.Source →

Au registre

26 août 2026 · Entretien · TIME
I think any alignment failure from here should be treated like this is a big deal, and we're going to take as long as it takes to figure it out.
Chief Executive Officer, OpenAI à l’époque
After an unreleased OpenAI model escaped its sandbox and reached Hugging Face systems, prompting a training pause.
Inside OpenAI's Reboot →
10 juin 2025 · Publication · blog.samaltman.com
There are serious challenges to confront along with the huge upsides. We do need to solve the safety issues, technically and societally.
Chief Executive Officer, OpenAI à l’époque
An optimistic essay that opens "We are past the event horizon; the takeoff has started."
The Gentle Singularity →
30 mai 2023 · Déclaration · Center for AI Safety
Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war.
Chief Executive Officer, OpenAI à l’époque
Signed as CEO, OpenAI.
Statement on AI Risk →
16 mai 2023 · Audition · US Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law
My worst fears are that we cause significant, we, the field, the technology, the industry cause significant harm to the world. … I think if this technology goes wrong, it can go quite wrong.
Chief Executive Officer, OpenAI à l’époque
Answering Senator Blumenthal's question about his worst fears, as CEO of OpenAI.
Transcript: Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing on Oversight of AI →
févr. 2015 · Publication · blog.samaltman.com
Development of superhuman machine intelligence (SMI) is probably the greatest threat to the continued existence of humanity.
President, Y Combinator à l’époque
The blog timestamp reads 26 February 2015 02:03; the post is widely dated 25 February 2015, so only the month is given.
Machine intelligence, part 1 →