Sam Altman: Don’t treat AI like a ‘religious force’0

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• October 3, 2026

OpenAI’s Sam Altman said Saturday that he’s “very uncomfortable” with people treating AI like a god. In a vaguepost on X, Altman said that people who try to “ascribe religious force or a surrender of human judgment to AI models” are a safety issue. I am very uncomfortable about people trying to ascribe religious force