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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 cant control. The two most immediate threats, he said, are cyberattacks and biological attacks.
2naSalit
(103,026 posts)It decides to destroy sam altman.
applegrove
(132,353 posts)2naSalit
(103,026 posts)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)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.
2naSalit
(103,026 posts)His product eat him alive.
clevergrrrl
(173 posts)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!
2naSalit
(103,026 posts)hunter
(40,726 posts)The imitation Intelligence Altman is peddling ain't what he claims it is.
highplainsdem
(62,342 posts)Prairie_Seagull
(4,705 posts)highplainsdem
(62,342 posts)Johnny2X2X
(24,255 posts)Sure Sam, sure.
haele
(15,420 posts)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?
WhiskeyGrinder
(26,980 posts)struggle4progress
(126,305 posts)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!"