'I no longer think we’re going to be able to patch all bugs' says AI Pandora's box opener Sam Altman: 'We're going to have to completely switch the defense model'

If you've watched as many Sam Altman interviews as I have, you'll know he's not shy when it comes to recounting a previously held opinion. Speaking at the Stanford Graduate School of Business last week, the OpenAI CEO spoke about AI safety, particularly in regards to cybersecurity.

"The cybersecurity..." Altman begins, before pausing. "I don't even know a dramatic enough word to use... but the problem coming towards us is still something that we have not, as organizational leaders, or countries, or individuals taken seriously."

"There was a moment earlier this year where... it was like the Mythos freak out, or whatever people called it, and I think things did get somewhat better. Like, people definitely patched some bugs," the OpenAI CEO continues. "But it was another one of these cases where people didn't really intuit the exponential."

"I don't think most people said, okay, the models are going to get much smarter," says Altman. …