原文标题：
Sam Altman says OpenAI isn’t ‘moral police of the world’ after erotica
ChatGPT post blows up
原文连结：https://tinyurl.com/tw3tbbxu
发布时间：
Published Wed, Oct 15 20254:06 PM EDTUpdated Wed, Oct 15 20255:26 PM EDT
记者署名：Ashley Capoot
原文内容：
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said Wednesday that the company is “not the elected
moral police of the world” after receiving backlash over his decision to
loosen restrictions and allow content like erotica within its chatbot ChatGPT.
OpenAI执行长萨姆·奥特曼周三表示，在他决定放宽限制、允许ChatGPT中出现情色内容
后遭到批评，他回应说：“OpenAI不是世界上被选举出来的道德警察。”
The artificial intelligence startup has expanded its safety controls in recent
months as it faced mounting scrutiny over how it protects users, particularly
minors.
这家人工智能新创公司近几个月来加强了安全控制，因为外界越来越关注其如何保护使用
者，特别是未成年人。
But Altman said Tuesday in a post on X that OpenAI will be able to “safely
relax” most restrictions now that it has new tools and has been able to
mitigate “serious mental health issues.”
但奥特曼周二在X（原Twitter）上发文表示，现在OpenAI拥有新的工具，并能缓解“严重
的心理健康问题”，因此可以“安全地放宽”大多数限制。
In December, Altman said it will allow more content, including erotica, on
ChatGPT for “verified adults.”
奥特曼表示在12月，将允许“经过验证的成年人”在ChatGPT上接触更多内容，包括
情色作品。
Altman tried to clarify the move in a post on X on Wednesday, saying OpenAI
cares “very much about the principle of treating adult users like adults,”
but it will still not allow “things that cause harm to others.”
奥特曼周三在X上再次澄清此举，称OpenAI“非常重视将成年人视为成年人”的原则，但
仍不会允许“会对他人造成伤害的内容”。
“In the same way that society differentiates other appropriate boundaries (R-
rated movies, for example) we want to do a similar thing here,” Altman wrote.
奥特曼写道：“就像社会对其他内容设下适当界线（例如限制级电影）一样，我们希望在
这里也做类似的事情。”
The posts are at odds with comments Altman made during a podcast appearance in
August, where he said he was “proud” of OpenAI’s ability to resist certain
features, like a “sex bot avatar,” that could boost engagement on ChatGPT.
然而，这些发文与奥特曼在八月播客节目中的谈话相矛盾。当时他表示，自己“为OpenAI
能拒绝某些功能（例如‘性化虚拟角色’）而感到骄傲”，即使这些功能能提升ChatGPT
的使用黏着度。
“There’s a lot of short-term stuff we could do that would really juice
growth or revenue and be very misaligned with that long-term goal,” Altman
said.
奥特曼当时说：“我们可以做许多短期内能大幅刺激成长或营收的事，但这些做法都与我
们的长期目标非常不一致。”
In September, the Federal Trade Commission launched an inquiry into OpenAI and
other tech companies over how chatbots like ChatGPT could negatively affect
children and teenagers. OpenAI is also named in a wrongful death lawsuit with
a family who blamed ChatGPT for their teenage son’s death by suicide.
九月，美国联邦贸易委员会（FTC）对OpenAI及其他科技公司展开调查，关注像ChatGPT这
类聊天机器人可能如何对儿童与青少年造成负面影响。OpenAI同时也被卷入一桩过失致死
诉讼，原告家属指控ChatGPT导致其少年儿子自杀。
The company has taken several public steps to enhance safety on ChatGPT in the
months following the inquiry and the lawsuit. It launched a series of
parental controls late last month, and it is building an age prediction system
that will automatically apply teen-appropriate settings for users under 18.
在调查与诉讼后的几个月中，公司已采取多项措施加强ChatGPT的安全性。上月底推出了
家长监控功能，并正在开发一个年龄预测系统，能自动对18岁以下使用者套用青少年适用
设定。
On Tuesday, OpenAI announced assembled a council of eight experts who will
provide insight into how AI impacts users’ mental health, emotions and
motivation. Altman posted about the company’s aim to loosen restrictions that
same day, sparking confusion and swift backlash on social media.
周二，OpenAI宣布成立一个由八位专家组成的顾问委员会，将研究AI对使用者心理健康、
情绪与动机的影响。同一天，奥特曼又发文表示将放宽限制，这在社群媒体上引发困惑与
强烈反弹。
Altman said it “blew up” much more than he was expecting.
奥特曼承认事件的反应“比他预期的猛烈得多”。
His post also caught the attention of advocacy groups like the National Center
on Sexual Exploitation, which called on OpenAI to reverse its decision to
allow erotica on ChatGPT.
他的贴文也引起了“全国性剥削防制中心”（NCOSE）等倡议团体的注意，该机构呼吁
OpenAI撤回允许情色内容的决定。
“Sexualized AI chatbots are inherently risky, generating real mental health
harms from synthetic intimacy; all in the context of poorly defined industry
safety standards,” Haley McNamara, NCOSE’s executive director, said in a
statement on Wednesday.
NCOSE执行董事海莉·麦克纳马拉周三发表声明指出：“性化的AI聊天机器人本质上就具
高风险，会在‘虚构亲密关系’中造成真实的心理健康伤害，而业界目前的安全标准又极
为模糊。”
心得/评论：
Sam Altman全文
https://x.com/sama/status/1978539332215681076
Ok this tweet about upcoming changes to ChatGPT blew up on the erotica point
much more than I thought it was going to! It was meant to be just one example
of us allowing more user freedom for adults. Here is an effort to better
communicate it:
好吧，这则关于ChatGPT即将更新的推文在“情色内容”这一点上引发的热议，远超出我
的预期！那原本只是举一个例子，说明我们打算给成年人更多使用自由。以下我试着更清
楚地说明这件事：
As we have said earlier, we are making a decision to prioritize safety over
privacy and freedom for teenagers. And we are not loosening any policies
related to mental health. This is a new and powerful technology, and we
believe minors need significant protection.
正如我们先前所说，我们的决策方向是：对青少年来说，“安全”将优先于“隐私与自由
”。
此外，我们不会放松任何与心理健康相关的政策。这是一项全新且强大的技术，而我们相
信未成年人需要特别的保护。
We also care very much about the principle of treating adult users like adults
. As AI becomes more important in people's lives, allowing a lot of freedom
for people to use AI in the ways that they want is an important part of our
mission.
同时，我们也非常重视“把成年人当成年人对待”这一原则。随着AI在日常生活中变得越
来越重要，让人们能以自己希望的方式使用AI，是我们使命中不可或缺的一部分。
It doesn't apply across the board of course: for example, we will still not
allow things that cause harm to others, and we will treat users who are having
mental health crises very different from users who are not. Without being
paternalistic we will attempt to help users achieve their long-term goals.
当然，这项原则并非适用于所有情况。例如，我们仍不会允许任何“对他人造成伤害”的
内容；
而对于遭遇心理健康危机的使用者，我们会采取与一般使用者不同的处理方式。
我们不会以“家长式干预”的方式介入，但会尝试协助使用者实现他们的长期目标。
But we are not the elected moral police of the world. In the same way that
society differentiates other appropriate boundaries (R-rated movies, for
example) we want to do a similar thing here.
但我们不是“世界上被选出来的道德警察”。就像社会为其他事物划定适当界线（例如限
制级电影）一样，我们希望在这里也能采取相似的方式。