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- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said that "all of the sci-fi stuff" keeps him up at night.
- The tech CEO said it's easy to imagine where AI advancement could go wrong.
- But Altman is more afraid of "subtle societal misalignments" than killer robots.
Ever wondered what keeps Sam Altman up at night?
"Easy," Altman said at the World Government Summit, where he made a virtual appearance. "It's all of the sci-fi stuff."
The OpenAI CEO said that science-fiction writers have found unbelievably creative ways to imagine what could go wrong with AI — and they've been doing it for decades.