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If OpenAI actually achieves superintelligence first, why would it ever give the rest of us access to it?

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OpenAI recently said one of its goals is to “give everyone on Earth a personal AGI.” I genuinely hope that future happens. But I keep getting stuck on a fairly simple question: if OpenAI actually develops something we would reasonably call superintelligence, why would it give us direct access to it…

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  1. 2026-08-24 15:41 · r/OpenAI
    If OpenAI actually achieves superintelligence first, why would it ever give the rest of us access to it?

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