White: Transparency must be the top design principle for AI systems
Sean White · Reid Hoffman & Inflection AI CEO: Designing AI that makes us better humans (Sean White) | Summit '25 · Jan 24, 2026 · at 2:19
Sean White, CEO of Inflection AI, discusses ethical frameworks for agentic AI design on stage with Reid Hoffman.
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“And so in, in terms of principles, the number one is transparency, right? That is always knowing that there is an AI present where the AI is present, not pretending that it is human or sentient or some other thing, right?”
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