A key concern is the rate at which society can adapt to something as new as AGI compared to the rate at which AGI capabilities will advance; the gap between adaptation speed and capability growth is an understudied risk.

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Speaker

Sam Altman

Evidence Quote

“I am worried about what rate Society can adapt to something so new and how long it'll take us to figure out the new social contract”

Source

The Possibilities of AI [Entire Talk] - Sam Altman (OpenAI)— Stanford eCorner
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:37:11 PM

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