David Holz on AI ethics
From Regeneron ISEF 2026 - The Future of AI: A Conversation with David Holz and Maya Ajmera · · SocietyforScience
“I think the most dangerous thing is if we sort of like build these sort of like powerful and beautiful things and in the process we believe less in the beauty and power of ourselves. Ideally we are sort of like building these angelic like things but also becoming angelic ourselves and not sort of losing the belief to become those things too.”
On , David Holz, CEO & Founder at Midjourney, spoke about AI ethics during Regeneron ISEF 2026 - The Future of AI: A Conversation with David Holz and Maya Ajmera on SocietyforScience.
About David Holz
David Holz, founder and CEO of Midjourney, participated in a conversation with Maya Ajmera at the 2026 Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair. He discussed the company's financial model, stating that Midjourney is one of the larger revenue AI companies but has no investors. He said he spent his own money until he was negative $1,000, which he described as motivating for making money. Holz also shared his views on addressing problems through innovation rather than conservation. He said he believes in investing in fusion, space solar, or even blocking 1% of sunlight with satellites to control the Earth's temperature. Regarding AI's risks, he said the most dangerous thing is if humans build powerful AI and in the process believe less in their own beauty and power. He contrasted humans with economic agents, stating that humans want to be something different from a perfect economic agent, and that he is biased toward humans.