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replacing humanity was the explicit stated goal of OpenAI as a company
OpenAI’s published mission statements say the opposite: since its 2015 launch, it has described its goal as benefiting humanity, not replacing it.
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OpenAI’s own public materials contradict the claim that "replacing humanity" was ever its explicit stated goal as a company.
- In OpenAI’s launch announcement on December 11, 2015, the company said: "Our goal is to advance digital intelligence in the way that is most likely to benefit humanity as a whole".
- In the OpenAI Charter, the company states: "OpenAI’s mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence (AGI) benefits all of humanity".
- OpenAI’s current About page repeats that mission: "Our mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity."
Those are explicit, official mission statements from OpenAI itself. They describe a goal of building AI that benefits humanity, not replacing humanity. Whatever criticism one might make of OpenAI’s strategy or rhetoric, calling "replacing humanity" the company’s explicit stated goal is contradicted by its published mission statements across time.
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- Introducing OpenAI
December 11, 2015: "Our goal is to advance digital intelligence in the way that is most likely to benefit humanity as a whole, unconstrained by a need to generate financial return."
- OpenAI Charter
"OpenAI’s mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence (AGI) ... benefits all of humanity."
- About | OpenAI
"Our mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity."