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Sam Altman feels it necessary to clarify that people shouldn’t see AI as godlike for some reason.

I’m not sure what prompted this post on X from the OpenAI CEO, but it’s hard not to see it as mildly concerning, especially since we’ve already seen AI is perfectly capable of building its own cult.

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