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Sam Altman says tolerate AI's downsides like toddler tantrums

Original: Sam Altman suggests we embrace AI's "bad things" like a mom tolerates her toddler's # tantrums in a grocery store for pe

Sam Altman, OpenAI's chief executive, has compared tolerating AI's current problems to a parent putting up with a toddler's tantrum in a grocery store, arguing society should accept the technology's flaws for the sake of future benefits. Critics are mocking the analogy, sarcastically questioning whether trading today's harms for a promised sci-fi utopia is a reasonable deal.

Why now: Altman's provocative parenting analogy about AI risks is drawing mockery and debate about whether its downsides are worth the promised rewards

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