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applegrove

(132,353 posts)
Mon Apr 6, 2026, 03:17 PM Monday

Sam Altman Calls for Superintelligence New Deal

Sam Altman Calls for Superintelligence New Deal

April 6, 2026 at 9:44 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 147 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2026/04/06/sam-altman-calls-for-superintelligence-new-deal/


OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told Axios that AI superintelligence “is so close, so mind-bending, so disruptive that America needs a new social contract — on the scale of the Progressive Era in the early 1900s, and the New Deal during the Great Depression.”

“The threats of inaction or slow action are grave, Altman warns — widespread job loss, cyberattacks, social upheaval, machines man can’t control. The two most immediate threats, he said, are cyberattacks and biological attacks.”
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Sam Altman Calls for Superintelligence New Deal (Original Post) applegrove Monday OP
I'm for it ONLY IF... 2naSalit Monday #1
Anthropic has the goodwill he covets. So he's going liberal. applegrove Monday #2
I'm hoping... 2naSalit Monday #4
What he means is that he wants the government to impose the tech bros will on the rest of us clevergrrrl Monday #3
I'd love to see... 2naSalit Monday #5
That would be awesome! clevergrrrl Monday #7
That's what I'm talkin' about! 2naSalit Monday #8
Go away flimflam man. hunter Monday #6
That bullshit is hype for OpenAI's IPO later this year. highplainsdem Monday #9
An excellent call. IMO. nt Prairie_Seagull Monday #10
Thanks! highplainsdem Monday #14
Trust the sociopaths running tech? Johnny2X2X Monday #11
Sam Altman calls on taxpayers to put on green glasses and give him money. haele Monday #12
lol fuck that guy WhiskeyGrinder Monday #13
"We think we've finally figured out how to copy stuff other people wrote struggle4progress Monday #15

2naSalit

(103,026 posts)
4. I'm hoping...
Mon Apr 6, 2026, 03:45 PM
Monday

That the AI bubble collapses real soon. I don't use it, at least when I can control the use of it, and I'm already seriously sick of the shit.

I'll go to some great lengths to keep it out of my life as much as I possibly can, it's evil and the only purpose for it is to gain control over We the People and to try and control our lives, actions and thoughts.

Not going there, I'll be dead before that happens. Fuck the tech bros, eat the rich and the tech bros.

clevergrrrl

(173 posts)
3. What he means is that he wants the government to impose the tech bros will on the rest of us
Mon Apr 6, 2026, 03:28 PM
Monday

He wants for citizens to freely give up their autonomy to AI. He is asking the citizenry to willing to become slaves of Silicon Valley. That sick pathetic pervert can go get F-ed.

clevergrrrl

(173 posts)
7. That would be awesome!
Mon Apr 6, 2026, 03:58 PM
Monday

Sam Altman being devoured by a trillion microscopic nanobots in a gray goo scenario where all they leave is a skeleton with a confused expression on it's jaw. LOL!

hunter

(40,726 posts)
6. Go away flimflam man.
Mon Apr 6, 2026, 03:52 PM
Monday

The imitation Intelligence Altman is peddling ain't what he claims it is.


haele

(15,420 posts)
12. Sam Altman calls on taxpayers to put on green glasses and give him money.
Mon Apr 6, 2026, 04:10 PM
Monday

And don't you dare look behind the curtain.
His Superintelligent AI is really shy and you need to respect his privacy!

Sam, my Dude, any investment in scientific exploration is an "Intelligence New Deal". And the New Deal wasn't a dartboard of ideas, it was carefully thought out and discussed to the point of fisticuffs before Congress signed off on it.

You haven't even defined reasons for the "Superintelligence" you want funded, so why should anyone give you money?

struggle4progress

(126,305 posts)
15. "We think we've finally figured out how to copy stuff other people wrote
Mon Apr 6, 2026, 07:19 PM
Monday

without paying royalties! It's awesome! And maybe next we'll figure out how to steal your car, your house, and your retirement savings! It'll be a golden age for the Tech-Bro Barons!"

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