Laura Reiley on Sam Altman’s “unsatisfying” Vanity Fair interview answer.
It was Reiley’s question for the OpenAI CEO about releasing logs from ChatGPT users who’ve taken their own lives that was nearly interrupted recently. Now she writes that while Altman was “gracious” to answer, she says he chose the wrong one:
TL;DR
- Laura Reiley questioned OpenAI CEO Sam Altman about releasing ChatGPT user logs of individuals who died by suicide.
- Reiley criticized Altman's "privacy high road" argument, noting that companies like Google, Meta, and OpenAI profit from user data.
- She asserted that Altman's claim about experts being unsure what to do with the data is misinformed or disingenuous.
- Researchers emphasize the urgent need for user data and chatbot interactions to study the effects of AI.
- The rapid development of AI technology is outpacing the ability to research its impact on humans.