White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

OpenAI executive urges rejecting 'silent consensus' on AI replacing humans

OpenAI head of strategic futures Dean Ball, speaking at Harvard, criticized the industry's 'silent consensus' that AI will surpass humans and take over society, saying it stems from a sense of inevitability rather than agreement that this is desirable. He warned that AI cybersecurity incidents will grow more frequent and severe, forcing frontier AI governance to be built amid crises.