Some people acknowledge that AI risks are real but believe that moving as fast as possible and winning the race is the best way to address them.

“else and have therefore convinced themselves that even though these risks are real, the best way to deal with them is for them to go as fast as possible and win the race. Why did they make OpenAI? Well they were worried that they didn't trust Demis to handle all that power responsibly when he was in charge of the AI project and all the fate of the world rested in his hands. So they wanted to create OpenAI to be this countervailing force that could do it right and distribute it to everybody and not concentrate power so much in Demis' hands.”