The CEO of OpenAI, sam altmannwhose ChatGPT platform threatens to end millions of jobs and several traditional professions, has had no qualms about attacking one of the forms of work that has established itself with the Covid-19 pandemic: the home office.
The mastermind behind today’s largest AI company, which has developed ChatGPT and DALL-Ehe was adamant when it came to expressing his opinion on teleworking during a recent conference organized by fintech Band: “Not suitable for startups”.
And commented: “I think it definitely is one of the worst mistakes in the tech industry for a long time it was that everyone (they thought) could go deep into the remote forever.”
Teleworking, also known as remote work or remote work, is a way of working in which employees perform their duties from their home or another location outside the traditional office. This modality has been strengthened in recent years thanks to technological advances and growing connectivity; However, Sam Altman doesn’t believe this mode shouldn’t be maintained over time.
“I would say that the experiment on teleworking has endedand the technology still isn’t good enough for people to be completely remote forever, particularly in startups,” the CEO added.
Altman noticed this too creating new products is easier while the employees usually worked there office space, but working from home seems to only add to the confusion.
Limited supervision and control, difficulties in evaluating employee performance and poor investment in infrastructure and technology to promote teleworking are the main contradictions that companies often discuss about remote working.
Likewise, many technology companies around the world and their leaders have had their say concern about the prolonged conditions of teleworking mentioning lack of creativity, team building problems and delays in project results.
This isn’t the first time Altman has taken the opportunity to criticize working outside the office. In January, he responded in an interview that OpenAI has some people working remotely, but mostly in person.
“In my opinion, most of the tech companies that rushed to work completely remote made a huge mistake and the cracks are starting to showAltman mused.
The White House tries to limit the AI giants
On the other hand, Sam Altman and his colleagues at leading AI-Generative Intelligence (IAG) platform developers have been singled out by White House officials who have called on them to protect the company from the potential dangers of their technologies as they study new regulations for the sector.
Vice President Kamala Harris has called on executives from Google, Microsoft, OpenAi and Anthropic to strategize on the impact of AI, amid fears that the industry will blindly advance this technology with potential risks to society.
“The private sector has the ethical, moral and legal duty to ensure the safety of their products,” Harris said in a statement after meeting with Satya Nadella (Microsoft), Sundar Pichai (Google), Sam Altman (OpenAI) and Dario Amodei (Anthropic) and several government officials.
Harris noted that artificial intelligence has the “potential to improve everyday life and address some of society’s biggest challenges”, but could also “drastically increase the security threatsreduce human rights and privacy and undermine public trust in democracy”.
For his part – speaking briefly at the meeting – President Joe Biden warned entrepreneurs of the “enormous potential and enormous danger in what is being done”.
“I know you understand this, and I hope you can inform us of what you deem most necessary to protect society, as well as its progress,” the president added.
Biden has urged Congress to legislate tougher limits in the tech sector, though those efforts stand little chance due to political divisions.
The lack of regulation has allowed Silicon Valley-based companies the freedom to quickly launch new products and that it stoked fears that AI could wreak havoc on society before the government catches up with this problem.
Source: Clarin
Linda Price is a tech expert at News Rebeat. With a deep understanding of the latest developments in the world of technology and a passion for innovation, Linda provides insightful and informative coverage of the cutting-edge advancements shaping our world.