Sam Altman and OpenAI believe that if AGI is achieved, major portions of the social contract will need to be renegotiated, and Ferguson agrees that this is a serious possibility that challenges assumptions about institutions remaining bound by human evolutionary constraints.

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Adita Agarwal

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Sam Alman recently talked about how, you know, he thinks that if you get AGI, which obviously he will say he thinks we're going to get to soon, um major portions of the social contract are up for renegotiation.

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The Shared Arc of History, AI, and Technology | Niall FergusonSouth Park Commons
Created: 8/11/2026, 6:32:18 AM

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