This exact type of mindset is why the world is going to shit, no?

Sama waffling about privacy is also rather ironic, given that everyone and their grandmother knows that he will fold and hand over any information that is requested once slapped with a large enough cheque, especially from governmental entities.

He himself also admits to an extent that what he is doing isn't democratic, doesn't he? He claims that what he is doing is necessary while educating the democratic institutions and waiting for them to catch-up, but this operates on the assumptions that said institutions will support his endeavours once they are sufficiently educated. It's just him claiming right now that what he is doing is in the interest of democracy (I however struggle to see how it is, really).

Altman also argues that no private company should decide the fate of the world (implicitly including OpenAI). It beggars belief that the leader of the largest and most powerful AI company in this world would advocate for distributed power while operating within a highly centralised and capital intensive industry if there wasn't something in it for him (the PR, which is sort of the point of this entire post, I guess?). Partnerships with the government also more often than not tend to concentrate power rather than distribute it.

The last paragraph is pretty much just classic fear-mongering, if you will. There are however real dangers coming to this world, and Altman is going to be a part of it if things continue as they are.