Sam Altman traveled to Washington and recounted growing up coding on American-made personal computers and chips, crediting the 'spirit of American innovation' for his path to found OpenAI and launch ChatGPT. Altman asserted that America will lead the AI revolution and future revolutions. His written testimony warned that AI's benefits require an American-led approach grounded in democratic values like freedom and transparency to prevail over authoritarian models. Silicon Valley frames AI as a clash with China, fearing Chinese AI could extend repressive surveillance abroad. Despite rhetoric about defending freedom, tech companies appear more focused on securing U.S. support and advantage.
In early May, Sam Altman traveled to Washington to tell a story about America. Appearing before a Senate committee, Altman described how he came of age as the internet took off, how he stayed up late in his family's attic and learned to code on products that were invented in the United States-a personal computer, its silicon chips and accompanying software.
"I think America is just an incredible and special thing," he said, "and it will not only be the place where the AI revolution happens but all the revolutions after." Altman's written testimony, which was submitted to the Senate, added an important asterisk that he did not speak aloud that day. "This future can be almost unimaginably bright," OpenAI's CEO wrote, but only if "an American-led version of AI, built on democratic values like freedom and transparency, prevails over an authoritarian one."
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