Sam Altman, the man behind ChatGPT, is increasingly alarmed about what he unleashed. Here are 15 quotes charting his descent into sleepless panic

Sam Altman once said that “A.I. will probably most likely lead to the end of the world, but in the meantime, there’ll be great companies.” While this was at least partially in jest, the OpenAI CEO often expresses real worry about the potential consequences of the A.I. chatbots that his company creates, including its buzzy ChatGPT released last year that supercharged the A.I. space. In addition to wiping out jobs, or the human race altogether, here are some of Altman’s biggest worries about A.I.

Goodbye humanity

The worst case could be “lights out” for humanity, Altman said in an