Sam Altman downplays the dangers of AI

Sam Altman is the cofounder and CEO of OpenAI. His company’s ChatGPT has changed how the world sees artificial intelligence and raised fresh questions about the impact of artificial general intelligence — a machine that can do anything the human brain can do — on society. (The New York Times has sued OpenAI and its partner, Microsoft, claiming copyright infringement of news content related to AI systems. The two companies have denied the suit’s claims.) This excerpt from his conversation at the DealBook Summit this month has been edited and condensed.