A fireside chat with Sam Altman OpenAI CEO at Harvard University

[@andreasmoyseos5980]

An AI discussion from 6 months ago is like a history lesson.

[@UPSC-IAS-SYLLABUS-DIGEST]

Well said

[@jeremy-es6uy]

that's so true lol

[@sunnyyadav1521]

😂

[@RobertHouse101]

Oh my God. I dislike when this happens. There are so many videos out with him I wrongly assumed they were far current than this. Glad I saw this early in the talk. I'm not a history buff. Well, that's not true. Thanks, I'm moving on.

[@SAhellenLily]

😔

[@labsanta]

00:04 Introduction to the event and relevance of artificial intelligence 02:31 Patrick Chung was Sam Altman's first investor 07:30 Sam Altman's early interests and experiences 09:49 Excitement about AI potential despite initial challenges 14:21 Deciding when to give up on a startup is subjective 16:36 Transition from initial research to successful product development 20:21 Realization of unprecedented scalability and predictability in language models 22:15 OpenAI CEO emphasizes the importance of research directions in making product decisions 26:15 OpenAI CEO shares perspective on societal negotiation for technology usage 28:21 AGI will participate in society and the economy. 32:58 The technological wave allows for adaptability and resilience 35:19 AI tools should be available for free for global benefit 39:36 Exploring ways to improve free tier and API access 41:29 Encouraging people to be effective with AI tools 45:29 OpenAI's commitment to improving their models 47:23 Encouragement to work on Fusion and Solar Plus Storage 51:16 Misconceptions about AI need serious attention 53:21 Discussion on personal relaxation habits 58:37 Sam Altman honored for impact on AI

[@UPSC-IAS-SYLLABUS-DIGEST]

Well said

[@zubairahmad4596]

🎉

[@Akh6one2]

I was in the crowd. I got to say, you all are lucky to be able to skip the yapp sesh at the beginning.

[@rahulsagarpv]

Hahaha- painful!

[@imthinkingthoughts]

Hahahaha

[@imthinkingthoughts]

But her marriage has worked for 37years! /s

[@nigelcrasto]

@@imthinkingthoughts good point still I fear for the husband

[@deepsp_ce]

😂

[@pppakoficial3422]

- 14:44​: Why when you started OpenAI did you decide on a not-for-profit company? - 22:31​: Can you tell us about a difficult product decision you had to make? - 25:00​: When you make decisions, do you have a dichotomy in your mind? Ex: safety vs. progress, efficiency vs profit. - 27:29​: What question would you most like to be asked about artificial general intelligence? Answer it. _ 31:07​: What do you think people are getting wrong about OpenAI right now? - 32:23​: How do you regain momentum after pivoting in terms of your values? - 34:10​: How do you think AI’s role and impact will be in inequality in healthcare and education? - 37:10​: Do you envision OpenAI trying out other monetization strategies besides the subscription model? - 40:14​: Did competition change innovation? - 41:37​: What do you think public education curriculum on artificial intelligence should look like? - 43:43​: What do you think most entrepreneurs and VCs are getting wrong about the future of AI? - 45:52​: How much exposure does OpenAI have to energy constraints? - 47:54​: What do you and other leaders at OpenAI disagree on the most? - 48:55​: Does our passion for scientific progress lead us down a dangerous path? - 51:21​: What do you think industry should address to increase public trust of AI?

[@maiquyhuynh7927]

Much appreciated!

[@tianwang]

God bless your neural network

[@dj0ai]

41:31 "Other people will keep copying where we've been and I am kind of fine with it." - The incredible ease of superiority 😊

[@UPSC-IAS-SYLLABUS-DIGEST]

Well said

[@drumunene3784]

Thanks HBS for opening your doors for all of us who couldnt get the chance to see Sam in person

[@UPSC-IAS-SYLLABUS-DIGEST]

Well said

[@JudeMarchisio]

3:29 is when this yapper stops yapping.

[@RaySmith-zg7od]

🙏🙏🙏

[@imthinkingthoughts]

thank you

[@rasha9546]

Its an introduction. You need to practice meditation if you can't sit still for an introduction longer than 3 minutes.

[@DJjussi1]

an intro from a person like her should be brief lol

[@marwin4348]

@@rasha9546 not possible with the information overload of the internet people need to learn to shift through the bs quickly.

[@JOHANNARAQUELVAZQUEZLOPEZ-o9n]

"Your content is always so engaging and well-produced! Keep up the fantastic work!"

[@phoenixthottam5793]

Outstanding interview and KZbin clip provide a wealth of valuable insights. It is highly recommended that everyone take the time to watch the entire interview and clip, preferably twice, to fully absorb the information presented.

[@aresaurelian]

This is precisely what we needed. Thank you. 1:1.

[@billjohnson7904]

These University students have great timing, they are in the right field, and can have very interesting careers if they go for it!

[@pelangos]

Fantastic!! Love to see tech leader interviews like this

[@UPSC-IAS-SYLLABUS-DIGEST]

Well said

[@AIForHumansShow]

haha that first "GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY" love this interview and thanks for uploading

[@rishabhshayriofficel8600]

I'm really thankful to this conversation

[@UPSC-IAS-SYLLABUS-DIGEST]

Well said

[@UPSC-IAS-SYLLABUS-DIGEST]

Well said

[@ramble218]

Thanks for making the date clear. Thumbs up

[@olivierporte]

This is great, but why the delay in uploading this? This talk was done on May 1 and only uploaded today (October 16) 🤔

[@marianacastaneda2619]

Looks like it's been around on XFund channels first.

[@vipinakon2355]

😕

[@DistortedV12]

Dang that’s a long time. Info might be irrelevant now

[@ponnaiahmohaideenpitchai9660]

​@@marianacastaneda2619😊😊😊

[@samyakjain727]

cynic in me low-key says it was deliberately to hold back progress. Imagine delaying a 1h Sam Altman interview for 6 months ...

[@MicahBratt]

To Sam's point about not understanding why the world didn't get AI earlier. Personally I had been following the progress in AI on and off for years and was aware that it was getting better but it wasn't mind blowing. Along the way I had discovered Open AI's website but hadn't really checked back until randomly I decided to see what was going on with AI in early 2023. I happened to find my way to the Open AI test api and was quickly blown away by the response! I almost immediately shared it with several of my close friends (which I rarely do) and literally in the next few weeks it blew up. Sometimes the stars align and everyone just gets it all at once.

[@Copa20777]

God bless you Mr Altman ❤4rmZambia 🇿🇲

[@UPSC-IAS-SYLLABUS-DIGEST]

Well said

[@rasha9546]

Dang came in with that Nardwuar level gift and question Great job

[@Haggisbishop]

legit XD

[@UPSC-IAS-SYLLABUS-DIGEST]

Well said

[@Itsallrelative1]

'the superintelligence is not in one or many neural networks but in the scaffolding of these neural networks.' - quite a powerful feature not only in the AI technology but also how humans should be thinking about career, life and purpose. Adam Grant said 'The hallmark of expertise is no longer how much you know. It's how well you synthesize. Information scarcity rewarded knowledge acquisition. Information abundance requires pattern recognition. It's not enough to collect facts. The future belongs to those who connect dots.' The world is now a producer of infinite knowledge and data. The real wisdom is to sit down, take time to analyse, empathise enough to connect dots and envisage impact and then take action. With this bare minimum, the consequences will not be perfection but they sure will be progress.

[@redpill5384]

Really good questions!!!

[@cardiderek]

The fact that it REQUIRES scale to get better is the problem in and of itself.

[@tracy419]

For now

[@Rockyzach88]

I've pondered on the "society + technology emergence is the real AI" thought for a while now, as well as the "there has been minimum genetic drift" statement. Surprised to see someone say it out loud. It also means that our foundations of that emergence need to be tended to more carefully though.

[@haraanganjotsingh8032]

Maintained the attention for an entire hour, why hasn’t that ever happened in school lectures ?

[@UPSC-IAS-SYLLABUS-DIGEST]

Well said

[@Rockyzach88]

Because it's not a school lecture?

[@avii.8075]

Because this is entertainment not learning. It requires low level of focus, no effort and no discipline.

[@whemmakatatt5311]

This a marketing masterclass and not much else. How quickly did for profit change their talks xD

[@tracy419]

Fortunately when Elon Musk agreed with them about the need to become for profit, they turned his offer to merge with Tesla down. Now we have an additional competitor in the field to help drive this forward.

[@othmane-mezian]

Like most webinars, seminars and "conferences"

[@7jahson]

“With 24 hours in a day, calling world-changing insights ‘yapping’ shows more about our own impatience than the value of the knowledge we’re given for free.” Written with chatGPT after sharing the comments section. “Humans”

[@MikhailSosnin]

Such clever people, they know where this world going

[@Wodz30]

The start of the video has a photo at Harvard - the title at @00:00 says the talk is at Memorial Church (which is in harvard yard) but the actual tower there with the white top is Eliot House at the River Quad lol. I think only Harvard alum would notice this but.. wanted to pass this along to anyone that might care. That is Eliot :)

[@expandifypro]

Thanks, star 🌟

[@TTAA-o5n]

Altman is a great leader

[@ReflectionOcean]

* Work on things with dramatic impact regardless the chance of success could be really low * Be relentlessly resourceful

[@JazevoAudiosurf]

he really is a peak podcast bro

[@youareawonderfulman]

At 3:29, the incessant chatter comes to a halt. That particular moment marks the end of all the trivial talk, paving the way for a more significant and engaging conversation. It's here that the genuine ideas and messages behind the earlier noise can finally shine through, allowing listeners to truly connect and focus on what really matters.

[@whomptilizes]

Nice GPT

[@julieterrell1973]

Thank GOD Sam has enough decency to be of service to this world vs just another tech "taker" or this would be just another thing to keep the rich richer❤🎉

[@GatherVerse]

That was intriguing. I hope Sam can make it to our AI Summit next at GatherVerse. We have no way of getting ahold of him.

[@User-actSpacing]

No fire. Disappointed.

[@HumanBeing_Youtube]

Bruh😂

[@dosesandmimoses]

It is misrepresenting to not be fireside..

[@AndrewDeVilbiss-xrp]

😂

[@EnriqueSalceda-k4v]

Agree

[@amol5463777]

AI is an endeavour which should be navigated with a lot of caution and monitoring. I believe fire 🔥 or enthusiasm here can lead to disastrous outcomes. (In my opinion )

[@弘历爱新觉罗]

Great dialogue！Amazing talk

[@claudioagmfilho]

🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷👏🏻, Sam Altman is an incredible individual whom I deeply admire for his achievements and vision. He's at the forefront of innovation, paving the way for what’s to come! The interview was outstanding absolutely couldn’t have been better!

[@UPSC-IAS-SYLLABUS-DIGEST]

Well said

[@IgnacioAguilarToledo]

Are you a bot?

[@lostHOTDOG]

Wow now I see why he chose Stanford

[@MexicanRoboticsEngineer]

Guy says he liked the writing classes but tweets in all lowercase haha love this guy

[@JouelletteFrenchCoaching]

Very interesting - and yes, a historical moment, thank you! Llyane B Stanfield

[@Anders01]

Wow, what Sam said from 34:30 I found interesting. The cost of cognitive labor will fall by a factor a million or a billion, he wasn't sure. I think that's true! Ray Kurzweil has shown that there is exponential progress of information technology, and this kind of scenario can come true from that perspective.

[@UPSC-IAS-SYLLABUS-DIGEST]

Well said

[@UPSC-IAS-SYLLABUS-DIGEST]

Well said

[@alefalfa]

Sam repeatedly teasing how baldy we are underrating the intelligence jump in the next generation of models is killing me

[@alefalfa]

... in a good way

[@drchrisloomdphd]

Awesome video. Thanks 🙏

[@vangeest]

Minute 30 onwards..... KEY !!!

[@shaneemoretgrowthacademy]

Thank you lol

[@mikekisekka4375]

What a delightfull Lady in the beginning

[@FuturePulse_nl]

Why do these school-related channels always delay the release of such interviews for months? This almost half-a-year-old interview is now much less interesting.

[@UPSC-IAS-SYLLABUS-DIGEST]

Well said

[@rawux]

because they restrict the share of knowledge for profit

[@complexproblems]

The hyper-targeting of individuals on Earth using ultra-sophisticated technological means (AI) is an atrocity that should never be permitted in a democratic society.

[@UPSC-IAS-SYLLABUS-DIGEST]

Well said

[@tonyhill2318]

It's like the interviewer took all the boilerplate interview questions and said "how can I make these even more inane?" Sheesh

[@dastaan.]

Thanks

[@centuraxaum5951]

Without Elon funding them with $100 million, they would not have progressed to this point today.

[@byrnemeister2008]

But didn’t he also try to pull the plug and get them all to work for him? Lots of things led them to where they are today. Sure Musk contributed some early funding but there are so many other important contributions he isn’t as important as he thinks he is.

[@UPSC-IAS-SYLLABUS-DIGEST]

Well said

[@Math_kru_earng]

thanks!

[@Timzhil]

A bit concerning that students from the “best” university in the world came up with such naive, childish and silly questions.

[@UPSC-IAS-SYLLABUS-DIGEST]

Well said

[@Heavenlight100]

One of the hopes I have that ai will change the education sector

[@nickfixit]

The inner child is what progress needs though. That curiosity!

[@nickfixit]

I wish I could just teach students how to use AI. Get them using flows and art but show it it helps in the real world. Would be fun!!!👾

[@tracy419]

​@@nickfixitstart making videos again.

[@miqueridoprofesor2023]

It's clear that Sam doesn't want to talk about his personal life because he doesn't want the AI ​​to profile him and see his weak points. He won't give out information because he knows what it means.

[@MuhammadYasirSarwar]

wonderful discussion, Definition of AGI " Accumulation of Intelligence " Wow, . &&& by the way Who skipped last 8 minutes 🙂

[@moeheintun422]

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[@maurogasparini889]

I guess he is saying Gpt 5 will blow our minds😊

[@insertacoin738]

lmao when sam got asked for the selfie he said "really?" hahahah

[@UPSC-IAS-SYLLABUS-DIGEST]

Well said

[@life42theuniverse]

Global low entropy is proportional to Sunlight, 6+ phase sinusoid cycles (Day, Moon, Year, Jupiter year,...). Global Oil supply peaked circa 2008.

[@life42theuniverse]

Why was Stonehenge built? kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZfYoKqImLWYiMU

[@aidan9876]

Howie from TBBT has come a long way.

[@gianlucapistoia8993]

I was very excited at the beginning to hear someone like Sam Altman speak but more and more the guy becomes suspicious, zuckerberg 2.0 and a lot of people warn against him -> one of them Geoffrey Hinton (the godfather of ai)

[@mrunalpatil7867]

Opening was powerful 😂

[@UPSC-IAS-SYLLABUS-DIGEST]

Well said

[@AgentGill74]

Shame Sam can’t find a better word than for poor people

[@rightright6582]

When was the intervew

[@thedaviddosu]

Totally love love Sam! ❤❤❤😢😢

[@UPSC-IAS-SYLLABUS-DIGEST]

Well said

[@UPSC-IAS-SYLLABUS-DIGEST]

Well said

[@derrick021]

can anybody please buy Mr. Altman a pair of socks

[@RobertHouse101]

My chatGPT 4o is down right now. This is the first time it's happened to me. Maybe it needs to grow faster? Or it's just down.

[@karamthomas777]

UBI for compute sounds funny.

[@eadlam]

There's actually only two cliques in American schools: those who pronounce it "clicks" and those who pronounce it "cleeks"

[@viktoro.ledenyov5829]

Super!!!😊😊😊

[@UPSC-IAS-SYLLABUS-DIGEST]

Well said

[@tbh9088]

Imperfect (read:wrong) legal advice is better than no legal advice at all? Any Harvard lawyers want to weigh in here?

[@Hshjshshjsj72727]

When I tried translating curses in spanish chatgpt wouldnt cooperate but was a few months ago. As a beginner, I was genuinely trying to learn so big tech censoring things is very annoying.

[@tonyhill2318]

Also, having that text behind his head is very annoying and distracting.

[@BenSawadogo]

man, always complaining about everything!

[@tancossine6733]

He could have used chatgpt for this fireside chat

[@juanpcadile]

He says this quite often, and it's really unclear if it holds. He says that AI will benefit poor people more. He gives no reasons why. I don't want to call it BS, but it's definitely not a backed statement.

[@Bharathi-t8t]

Please let go 🙏😭

[@peternguyen2022]

OpenAI's explicity mission statement on its website is to create AGI. So it's a bit disappointing that Sam is backing out of it by re-defining AGI as some kind of vague, decentralized ecosystem pervading society. Or maybe that's just a narrative that he's sharing publicly in order to escape potential accusations that should OpenAI reach AGI status first, it would be too centralized and too dangerous.d Either way, it would have been better IMO if Sam had just come out and say, "Yup, AGI is what we at OpenAI will create." Thoughts anyone? P.S. My startup is creating ABI, an artificial business intelligence that works like Stockfish, giving entrepreneurs step by step, move by move, instructions on how to win in business.

[@CHRIS-ELID]

The students hates the Host Professor.

[@yashchaudhary-c9x]

Ubi is coming sam i wont disappoint you

[@byrnemeister2008]

Really? Not going to happen anytime soon. The people with power have no incentive to put it in place. Even if the markets for their products start to go away due to AI caused unemployment they are more likely to fight any increase in taxation then agree to a UBI that supports the consumer.

[@RichReportcom]

"like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, sorta, like..."

[@UPSC-IAS-SYLLABUS-DIGEST]

Well said

[@reborngenalpha]

May 1?

[@RaySmith-zg7od]

Wake up babe new sama fire side chat just dropped😱😏🤩🤩

[@spencerclay3200]

I have no one to send this to.

[@frontforumfocus]

Letssss goo

[@sputnik8543]

Sam Altman went to a top high school lmao (not public) - not an avg high school exp

[@Darhan62]

I've seen many AI fans turn into Sam Altman haters over the course of the past year, but when he gives an interview, he still says all the right things, unlike Elon who went from savior of the environment and of the human future in space to kind of a deranged social media troll. I'm willing to give Sam the benefit of the doubt, in spite of his haters. I hope that Elon eventually sees the error of his ways, but he'll never be the person I once thought he was. As for Zuck? I'm still waiting to see. Sometimes it's a good idea for public figures to maintain some level of silence, some level of privacy, regarding their thoughts and feelings on things. I think Bill Gates has done it about right, as most of his haters are anti-vax nuts and other ignorant conspiracy theorists. The worst thing I've seen Gates do was bullying Netscape and other Microsoft rivals decades ago, and pretty much all business guys seem to end up doing that once their companies get big enough, which doesn't excuse it, but at least makes it more understandable.

[@UPSC-IAS-SYLLABUS-DIGEST]

Well said

[@saidkamaal709]

It’s all about “the unfair advantages” he is a normal kid who got abnormal advantage.

[@alexinaboxx]

The fact that he leads the Ai market and can but won’t even give a high level academic discussion about the pros and cons of transformers and what research may yield benefits when OpenAi is a non profit at the core is really really bad imo.

[@nigelcrasto]

the start is painful !

[@billjohnson7904]

What's with the dumb cup? That was embarrassing.

[@elliptictree]

Interesting

[@hsiaowanglin9782]

Since these people also evolve to political, too much problems made to this society, no wonder so many people scare to vote to them.

[@MikeKleinsteuber]

Whilst I love chatGPT for what it is, transformer LLMs will never on their own give us AGI no matter what the size their training data might be. So spending huge sums on GPUs is a complete waste of space. We need more research into neuroscience and neuromorphic and analogue computing to understand more clearly how human reasoning and innovation comes about. We're really much more in the dark than we realise. If you think about it, of all the 20/30/100 billion people (or so) that have ever lived how many real innovations have their been per our compute (for want of a better word) moment. Very few, and that's with all the input modes we have like sight, sound, smell, touch and taste, most of which LLMs haven't got a clue about. Most of our inputs are nothing to do with language whatsoever. Ben Goertzel and his team are on a much clearer path than Sam, for all his brilliance.

[@maximillianphelps]

unbelievable

[@lucassoares358]

I'm from Brazil. Someone would like to talk?

[@dj0ai]

54:55 David Parkes... Who paid this guy to waste our time?!?

[@dj0ai]

59:39 In this moment I would like Sam Altman to moon.

[@TenzDenz]

38:20 ads are so annoying

[@MikeEveland-g9k]

His ego is scaling along with chat gpt. He never once, even remotely, mentioned any of the tech giants, whether individuals or companies, while explaing how the future will consist of a universal ai collaborative environment. Listening to him, you would think that he alone was responsible for artifcial intelligence.

[@learnbydoingwithsteven]

32:19 QA section begins

[@UPSC-IAS-SYLLABUS-DIGEST]

Well said

[@Protivobodrstvyushii]

Lecture of salesperson

[@othmane-mezian]

Hyper intelligence could become stupidity over time... Prepare but Don't be too hyped