📜OpenAI's New 'Social Contract' Ideas for Society and ASI
OpenAI just published a 13-page policy document with ideas to help society navigate superintelligence and its societal impacts.
- —The proposal said we are "beginning a transition toward superintelligence", with Altman telling Axios the moment requires a new "social contract"
- —The most aggressive idea: a sovereign-style fund seeded by AI firms that would pay dividends to every American
- —Other ideas include taxes on robot labor, a 4-day workweek, "Right to AI" access for all
Why it matters: The CEO of an $852B company is asking the U.S. to prepare for a future where his own tech breaks the economic system.
🔍New Yorker Surfaces Memos Behind Altman's Firing
The New Yorker published an investigation into Sam Altman, drawing on 100+ interviews, unseen memos from Ilya Sutskever, and notes from Dario Amodei.
- —Sutskever's memos allege Altman misrepresented safety protocols to the board
- —Amodei's notes: "The problem with OpenAI is Sam himself"
- —A Microsoft exec said there's "a small but real chance" Altman is remembered as a "Bernie Madoff-level scammer"
Why it matters: There is a vastly detailed and concerning pattern of deception spanning Altman's career.