Altman warns that treating AI as divine is a real safety risk
What happened
According to The Decoder on October 4, 2026, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman spoke out against comparing AI models to religion. He said it makes him "very uneasy" when people "attribute religious power or the surrender of human judgment to AI models," and called this a "real safety problem." The report also says he no longer talks about "magical intelligence in the sky." So far, the development is that Altman stated plainly his concern about giving AI religious power and handing over human judgment to it.
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- The DecoderApparently, OpenAI isn't trying to build "magic intelligence in the sky" anymore
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman 公开反对将 AI 模型与宗教类比，称人们"把宗教力量或对人类判断力的让渡归于 AI 模型"让他"非常不安"，并称这是一个"真实的安全问题"。
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