Altman is more concerned about subtle, pernicious dangers of AGI like societal attention disorders (analogous to TikTok-induced ADD) than about cataclysmic risks, because subtle dangers are more likely to be overlooked while explicit catastrophic scenarios receive significant attention from safety researchers.

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Speaker

Sam Altman

Evidence Quote

I'm more concerned about the subtle dangers because I think we're more likely to overlook those

Source

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

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