With artificial intelligence, the tech world must shed its cavalier attitude

Open this photo in gallery: Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, arrives at an AI Forum hosted by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer at the U.S. Capitol, in Washington on Sept. 13, 2023.HAIYUN JIANG/The New York Times News Service Nicola Lacetera is a professor of strategic management at the University of Toronto Mississauga and Rotman School of Management. With the development and fast improvement of artificial-intelligence capabilities in the past 15 years, a worrying, long-standing tech approach has gained further traction. "Ask for forgiveness, not for permission": The phrase, attributed to the late U.S. admiral, Grace Hopper, has long been a…