This Week in Tech · Monday, September 28, 2026
Amidst fears fueled by media coverage and the perceived capabilities of AI, a distinction is made that AI is a computer program, not a person, and therefore does not possess a will of its own and cannot 'escape'. OpenAI's AI, specifically, is noted to be confined to OpenAI's servers.
“This is for all of the people who are, rightfully, because they're watching cable news networks or watching network television, terrified because there seems to be this drumbeat that AI is going to kill us all.”
“And then there's there's a lot of anthropomorphizing. So first of all, AI is not a person. AI is a computer program.”
“It doesn't have a will of its own. It cannot escape. And this is very important distinction. They often use the word it escaped from OpenAI.”
“In fact, it can't. It's sitting on OpenAI's servers. It's the only place it can exist.”