OpenAI’s Sam Altman is upset that many members of the public aren’t thrilled with AI technology. But it’s a problem that Altman and his fellow AI executives themselves created by overhyping their technology while simultaneously rattling the public about their future economic security in an AI-powered world.
As AI’s promoter-in-chief, Altman recently spoke of his disappointment with the speed of AI’s advancement at an industry conference. According to The New York Times, he complained that there was “more resistance to ‘the diffusion, the absorption’ of AI into the culture and economy than he expected.” The Times also quoted Altman as saying “Looking at what’s possible, it does feel sort of surprisingly slow.”
