{"id":300277,"date":"2025-07-29T04:29:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T04:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/300277\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T04:29:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T04:29:12","slug":"openais-ceo-says-hes-scared-of-gpt-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/300277\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI&#8217;s CEO says he&#8217;s scared of GPT-5"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said testing GPT-5 left him scared in a recent interview<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He compared GPT-5 to the Manhattan Project<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He warned that the rapid advancement of AI is happening without sufficient oversight<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>OpenAI chief Sam Altman has painted a portrait of GPT\u20115 that reads more like a thriller than a product launch. In a recent episode of the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aYn8VKW6vXA\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aYn8VKW6vXA\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\">This Past Weekend with Theo Von<\/a> podcast, he described the experience of testing the model in breathless tones that evoke more skepticism than whatever alarm he seemed to want listeners to hear.<\/p>\n<p>Altman said that GPT-5 \u201cfeels very fast,\u201d while recounting moments when he felt very nervous. Despite being the driving force behind GPT-5&#8217;s development, Altman claimed that during some sessions, he looked at GPT\u20115 and compared it to the Manhattan Project.<\/p>\n<p>Altman also issued a blistering indictment of current AI governance, suggesting \u201cthere are no adults in the room\u201d and that oversight structures have lagged behind AI development. It&#8217;s an odd way to sell a product promising serious leaps in artificial general intelligence. Raising the potential risks is one thing, but acting like he has no control over how GPT-5 performs feels somewhat disingenuous.<\/p>\n<p>You may like<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"reddit-card\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/ChatGPT\/comments\/1mbafk7\/openai_ceo_sam_altman_it_feels_very_fast_while\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/ChatGPT\/comments\/1mbafk7\/openai_ceo_sam_altman_it_feels_very_fast_while\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\">OpenAI CEO Sam Altman: &#8220;It feels very fast.&#8221; &#8211; &#8220;While testing GPT5 I got scared&#8221; &#8211; &#8220;Looking at it thinking: What have we done&#8230; like in the Manhattan Project&#8221;- &#8220;There are NO ADULTS IN THE ROOM&#8221;<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/ChatGPT\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/ChatGPT\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\">r\/ChatGPT<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Analysis: Existential GPT-5 fears<\/p>\n<p>What spooked Altman isn\u2019t entirely clear, either. Altman didn\u2019t go into technical specifics. Invoking the Manhattan Project is another over-the-top sort of analogy. Signaling irreversible and potentially catastrophic change and global stakes seems odd as a comparison to a sophisticated auto-complete. Saying they built something they don\u2019t fully understand makes OpenAI seem either reckless or incompetent.<\/p>\n<p>GPT-5 is supposed to come out soon, and there are hints that it will expand far beyond GPT-4\u2019s abilities. The &#8220;digital mind&#8221; described in Altman\u2019s comments could indeed represent a shift in how the people building AI consider their work, but this kind of messianic or apocalyptic projection seems silly. Public discourse around AI has mostly toggled between breathless optimism and existential dread, but something in the middle seems more appropriate.<\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t the first time Altman has publicly acknowledged his discomfort with the AI arms race. He\u2019s been on record saying that AI could \u201cgo quite wrong,\u201d and that OpenAI must act responsibly while still shipping useful products. But while GPT-5 will almost certainly arrive with better tools, friendlier interfaces, and a slightly snappier logo, the core question it raises is about power.<\/p>\n<p>The next generation of AI, if it\u2019s faster, smarter, and more intuitive, will be handed even more responsibility. And that would be a bad idea based on Altman&#8217;s comments. And even if he&#8217;s exaggerating, I don&#8217;t know if that&#8217;s the kind of company that should be deciding how that power is deployed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Sign up for breaking news, reviews, opinion, top tech deals, and more.<\/p>\n<p>You might also like<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said testing GPT-5 left him scared in a recent interview He compared GPT-5 to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":300278,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3163],"tags":[323,1942,53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-300277","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-artificial-intelligence","10":"tag-technology","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114934642273867627","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=300277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/300278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=300277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}