What Salim Ismail has said about AI regulation
1 quote · 1 episode · Oct 7, 2026
Salim Ismail, Founder of OpenExO and author on exponential organizations, co-host of Moonshots, has been quoted on AI regulation once in 1 episode of Moonshots with Peter Diamandis, most recently on October 7, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Ismail argues the goal for AI should be vastly more good outcomes than bad, not zero harm.
“The goal should be, can you get orders of magnitude more positive outcomes than negative ones?”
Moonshots with Peter Diamandis: Why Altman Says "Accept Some Bad Things Happening" and What It Means for AI Safety | MOONSHOTS #301 (Oct 7, 2026) · Listen from 46:26
Episodes
Why Altman Says "Accept Some Bad Things Happening" and What It Means for AI Safety | MOONSHOTS #301Moonshots with Peter Diamandis · Oct 7, 2026 · 2 h 47 min
Peter Diamandis, Salim Ismail, Dave Blundin, Alexander Wissner-Gross and Emad Mostaque debate the Superintelligence Force, Altman's risk comments, Claude's possible consciousness, open-weight models, robots and the Nobel Prizes.
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- Alexander Wissner-Gross · 1 quote
- Shaan Puri · 1 quote
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