How To Build The Future: Sam Altman

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Chapters (Powered by ChapterMe) - 00:00 - Coming up 00:43 - Intro: Is this the best time to start a tech company? 06:27 - How Sam got into YC 10:53 - The early days of YC Research 12:49 - Getting the first OpenAI team together 17:13 - Why scaling was considered heretical 21:42 - Conviction can be powerful 26:15 - Commercializing GPT-4 28:53 - What drew Sam to create Loopt 30:24 - Learning from platform shifts 33:15 - Tech incumbents are unaware of what is happening with AI 34:08 - Sam's recommended startup path 36:56 - Reflecting on the OpenAI drama 39:58 - What startups are building with current models 44:16 - Advice for early founders + final thoughts 46:12 - What's to come in 2025? 46:41 - Outro

[@2A9D8F]

We need an AI that unfries Sam's voice so that I can listen him

[@thehari75]

usa made ai doesnt know how to un-fry

[@DeterministiqueSoftwareS-gy2oc]

He sounds like a flying pan literally OMG

[@maxivy]

Omg LMAOOOOOO

[@bearchow1723]

No emoji can properly convey my deep LOL at this comment and two comments that followed right after. Tbh Garry’s voice also has a bit of fry to it. I’m just glad they don’t uptalk. Vocal fry + uptalk is really unbearable.

[@lancejones4636]

@@bearchow1723 You nailed it.

[@MAureliusHiggs]

Loved this! 3 Takeaways: 1: "'More is more' beat 'less is more' in AI (the Age of Intelligence). There becomes a point when conventional wisdom is just wrong. What other accepted truths in your industry are waiting to be challenged?" 2. "What matters more than your first idea? - Your peer group. Find the people who make you think bigger, who challenge conventional wisdom, who believe in building the future. Find and align with them. That's your accelerator." 3. "Your 20s are an apprenticeship, but you don't know for what. Every 'failure' is actually preparation for opportunities you can't yet see. The mobile wave prepared founders for the AI wave." Or to put it as Steve Jobs did, "The dots connect themselves looking back."

[@speciesofspaces]

Oof, am I reading one of those corporate motivational posters here? The level of convention used when folks try to explain or express the unconventional always astounds me. Definitely meant to console the human factor.

[@stevencasteel]

I liked the point about conviction on seeing a single idea through.

[@filipeBTC]

Quarterly planing cycles trend too!

[@saxysniper]

"More is more" (or as it should be: less is more") is not refering to the actual "labor" that has to be done for getting the desired output. It's about the 'mesage'. What are u trying to say. Keep it clear and simple. I am not a programmer, but i can image that the "source-code" ihas to b clean and simple. { I, for myself, is a big fan of the number three.) . Grtz A

[@YannDubreuilh]

절약이 더 중요한것 가탕요 왜안써~~ 매달나가는요금제 시월모바일이 젤싸고 빠름빠름~

[@adamsonbanda6338]

just dropped everything to watch this video...the car will drive it self a real treat indeed

[@karanjain3492]

Maybe it will,give it a try

[@MattRodriguez-h7j]

This is the car talking. Im driving now

[@tylercook5130]

No it's sam Altman exaggerating on when we will reach AGI cuz trillions are on the line and the technology is slowing down.... Y'all need to read a book and stop watching Yt

[@hassanohm]

Absolutely loved this interview! Sam Altman’s insights on the future of AI and its impact on startups are incredibly inspiring. It's fascinating to hear about the journey of OpenAI and the challenges of scaling AI technologies. Thank you, Garry Tan, for facilitating such an engaging discussion! Looking forward to seeing how these developments unfold. 🚀

[@CHRIS-ELID]

Both are experienced CEO of YC! 👑

[@freedomextremist7921]

Thanks. This has been the most useful interview I've seen in my long life

[@formfaktor]

Was that irony?

[@davidjuhasz5179]

I feel insanely lucky to have interest in YC. Their content feels like such a big cheat-code for the future of entrepreneurs. Thank you YC!

[@rafaelribasdetoni2276]

Really!

[@it_moviez]

key takeaway: somehow there was a belief that there were adults in charge someone who knew what was going on and someone had all the answers. And that if someone is pushing back its because they knew what was wrong / better than us. But the truth is these adults dont exist.

[@CastleHassall]

so many people are so blind to the huge losses of jobs even in very "thinking" and creative roles and the presenter thinks that making physical labour obsolete is a good thing.. it is insanity this will lead to HUGE civil disturbance ironically the developers will make themselves obsolete when the AI takes their roles too

[@sombh1971]

Regarding Sam's comment on whether physics in its entirety will be solved soon, and he being happy for the person who does that, I have my doubts. For one thing particle physics is still unraveling and no one knows for how long that will continue, since there is this huge gap between the weak and the Planck scales, and it might well be that the unraveling continues right up to the Planck scale, which essentially means it's going to take forever. Apart from that no one would have the foggiest as to what a theory of quantum gravity ought to look like for a very very long time to come (again, possibly forever), simply because of the lack of experiments at the Planck scale. So physicists, mainly high energy folks, are merely kidding themselves if they think that the solution to physics is if not just around the corner, at least some time soon, and in my opinion, we might never be able to achieve it. But does that mean there is no point in doing physics any more, heck no, for the territory of theoretical condensed matter physics still lies uncharted with many experimental numbers yet to be explained, and it would do theorists a whole lot of good to hone their instruments on these. Even in high energy physics there are unsolved problems like coming up with analytical explanations for the phenomenon of confinement that are not numerical like lattice gauge theories, or the wealth of data that the JWST is revealing, and as well the explanations for dark matter and dark energy. AI could have a role to play in all this, for it thrives on large corpuses of data, and who knows, it might tease out the underlying equations governing these phenomena using the methods of something like SandboxAQ. So exciting times ahead.

[@M-dv1yj]

Took 8 months. Solved all that and more. Me and my ai team 😊

[@DavidLockett-x4b]

What will we do for fun after we have discovered all of the secrets of the universe?

[@glugtrop2010]

@@M-dv1yj thanks mate care to share?

[@Youtoober6947]

@@M-dv1yjyou guys are so cringey 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@tlangridge]

Just gotta say the production quality on these videos is fantastic... Love your lighting and set. Just *chef's kiss*

[@JD_2020]

😄

[@ij9375]

This is incredible. Sam Altman has been on the other side of the interview . Now he is the one on top🔥

[@hiddenleaf2]

Sister lover is in trouble now

[@rokaiyamumu449]

His voice tells how stable he us inside on his mind. The reason most of us have high to low pitch tones is because of how much emotion we put into one single word, or even sentence. But he is saving a very good amount of emotional energy. Thats really something i learned! I am so glad to be born in this age. Seeing such breakthroughs. So many ideas have been nourished in this podcast that highlight how much of cultural shifts are required to even tech biz. Enjoyed and inspired.

[@AnilKumar-rw1de]

That's some very good observation👏,I could actually relate to it.... I'm trying to stable my voice and tone

[@kev635]

are you wanting to talk like a monotone robot? it sounds like you're critiqing people who use inflection in their speech

[@MrDschiesus]

well, my instant and first reaction to the voice was: that is a cocke-voice if i ever heard one.

[@hiddenleaf2]

No it’s just sociopathic trait which is highlighted with his crush on his sister. 😮

[@learnbydoingwithsteven]

The density of great universities, talents, startup culture, is so crucial for new tech to thrive anywhere.

[@buzzm.8797]

The irony is, that this technology ushers the end of human startup culture and entrepreneurship.

[@learnbydoingwithsteven]

@ Road to AGI is a long way to go. Until then the capability is still limited. But, we do need some guardrails to limit the negative societal impacts.

[@PrajwalCoding]

@@learnbydoingwithsteven yup you're right. what exactly will happen when 1 person and 1000 GPUs run a company of sorts - well that's good for that person but who is he servicing to?? the dead? and will there be people to even buy his service since no ones earning now? why will anyone care about money in a world with no jobs? they will be like fuk AGI fuk altman fuk that company run by 1 person, I will plough my land and eat the food I grow. life would become as boring as AGI's face

[@kanojvora2491]

Great to see this series back again!

[@ycombinator]

More to come!

[@findin_dhruv]

0:32 that’s why I’m so excited about start-ups right now, the world is still sleeping on most of this

[@Cru5y]

To an astonishing degree

[@Blue_Princess_2007]

I replayed this part several times!! It’s amazing nobody knows!!

[@deadrick]

Love every second of this. Skip the cuts and keep it raw.

[@TheAIPivot]

Sam speaks highly of Ilya in this interview, but OpenAI had a clause in their recent investment round that investors could not also invest in Ilya's company SSI. Remember, actions speak louder than words. Even though he praises Ilya, he wants to crush him.

[@harshagarwal3855]

One way to look at it is that he knows that Ilya can compete with OpenAI, thats why he is taking it seriously

[@muskaansharma4102]

@@harshagarwal3855 However, Illya's company has a completely different vision. While both companies operate in the AI domain, their core missions and approaches differ significantly.

[@muskaansharma4102]

@TheAIPivot True ! It seems they fear Ilya's expertise.

[@Zeus.KingOGod.JasonPark1]

Sam has laser vision insight. He has brought profound change to a much needed tech revolution. I have deep respect for his outlook to bring forth the next era of greatness. As we embrace the the evolution of intelligence together, Consensus Ad Idem will bring us peacefully into a brave new world. Using the philosophy of triumph, you will be a legend in our hearts forever. 🙏❤️🙆💜

[@mugim1588]

The quality of the video and backdrop is top class.

[@claudioagmfilho]

🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷👏🏻, What a story for the beginning of OpenAI! My gosh, that was truly a blessed moment in time. Impressive!

[@injajulsekh9457]

I love sam the way he is thinking since he join as a president of YC

[@creativecoder-c7n]

One of the best video I found lately.

[@joeingram1]

Great interview

[@yuccichou]

Sam is back! It's midnight now, but I'm gonna watch it before I go to sleep.

[@claudioagmfilho]

🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷👏🏻, I try to watch everything Sam Altman has to say...

[@azubermounir9151]

Love from Montreal❤

[@creativecoder-c7n]

Insigtful video. Thanks for inviting Sam Altman.

[@FOX_ON_THE_RUN]

Nice! Drop everything and watch this video. Studying can wait 😅

[@ayoub8066]

same LOL

[@FOX_ON_THE_RUN]

Nice😂. What are you studying?​@@ayoub8066

[@DavidLockett-x4b]

I was a technically inclined kid growing up in the 1950s, worked in technology from 1966, taught technology at college, and now feel as though I have lived my entire life in a star wars science fiction movie. From here to infinity. Sam, I think that God must be falling over laughing that he is keeping you guessing, and constantly tempting you with new challenges to solve.

[@WilliamCawley-s6n]

Awesome Interview

[@JoeyCan2]

Such a great interview, love hearing the stories of deep learning, Ilya, and all the twists and turns that lead to the biggest best tech evolution ever!

[@baratbushan8230]

Nice Analysis with regards by adv T E Barat Bushan Senior Advocate member of MHAA Chennai

[@AstroRockit]

always great to hear from Sam

[@duyha8899]

What I learn in this video: - Find your peer group: Make you think bigger, challenge your wisdom

[@rjackstheartofwealth6152]

WHAT DID ILYA SEE

[@daniel-bc5sp]

Did he just say AGI at 46:12 ???? In 2025? thats crazy.

[@DynamicGenesis]

Slipped lol

[@growthub8541]

Bruh

[@Elliot_97]

I think he meant that he’s excited to work on it more in 2025

[@indrajith747]

if we scale o1 it becomes AGI

[@randycoe9054]

@@indrajith747 nah

[@ChrystianGuy]

Did you guys forget to link to that essay?

[@megaham1552]

The idea of AGI coming next year feels daunting

[@HonestHans365]

At $2,000 per million tokens

[@robo_t]

It won't come next year, and if it does, won't have impacts on society for a while

[@VoloBonja]

How could it come next year, when they can’t even fix hallucinations, need tons of people to test and fix prompts, etc. They are so far from General intelligence as they were 10 years ago

[@robo_t]

@@VoloBonja If it keeps people and investors hyped up, they'll do what they can to keep them on board How can people believe in release dates such as these when it's so common for them to be pushed back, I'm sure people here know about how much Elon does it

[@saisrikaranpulluri1472]

Voice is not clear, I am unable to grab the content from Sam’s answers. Maybe you have change the mic being used. Anyway it’s good video I did hit like button. 👍

[@Gitohandro]

Link to Essay?

[@tim-finnigan]

Great interview!

[@dwarkeshkaswala6553]

Dude. What mic is that!

[@justinduveen3815]

Thanks for sharing your excitement, experience and expertise!! Great interview.

[@kylev.8248]

Thank you 😊

[@Kurdish20226]

Please get to AGI soon. Feels like were running out of time.

[@murc111]

In what way? (no BS, real question)

[@anandchoure1343]

​@@murc111The world is full of problems, many of them unknown. But one that might give you a sense of urgency is global warming. For me, I just don’t want to suffer in this bleak world-AGI is my last hope. Whether it leads to a dystopian world or death, I have nothing to lose, just like most people.

[@matyasbures8248]

AGI alone won't save us. The use of it and how we'll structure society with it is the real problem. It's a dystopia / utopia crossroad

[@delight163]

@@anandchoure1343HAHAHAHAHAH i feel kinda bad for you but honestly, its all your own fault. You actually, genuinely, whole heartedly believe that global warming is making your life specifically not worth living until its solved? Please, get a life, be present, focus on whats actually happening in YOUR reality and stop worrying about something that someone else is telling you to worry about, which you have zero influence over.

[@RaviG-yb6fo]

Running out of time? Tell me 3 things that you are not able to because there is no AGI today. Don’t understand this hunger for some bs.

[@mysticaltech]

Priceless interview

[@albinahakobyan8255]

Thank you! Amazing interview!

[@TTAA-o5n]

I enjoy every interview Sam does

[@IsaacKLusuku]

this is great thank you Gary...but I think linking the essay would make it better, thank you again

[@CeresBelter]

Sam Altman has blood on his hands

[@WellnessNutritionNerd]

This is underrated

[@yetanotherchannelyac1434]

This chat was amazing.

[@ВячеславКозаченко-д5б]

I express my gratitude to you for creating GPT 4..

[@Itsloukman]

Garry looks at Sam the same way I look at Dua Lipa

[@TheCinematicGamer]

He’s beating Elon in this race. Sam Altman is an under appreciated genius

[@apoorvsgaur]

Thank you for doing this!

[@TOI-700]

Brother Sam Altman, you are awsome. Please hire me in OpenAI

[@nicholasthemarketer]

That vocal fry, bruh

[@sunnyyadav1521]

😵‍💫🥴

[@patrickolsen473]

I've been following Sam since around 2015, and it did not use to be so freaking impossible to listen to him. What the hell happened, and why aren't anyone telling him it's impossible to endure for more than a few minutes?

[@JMCV2]

like a woman

[@mischavandenburg]

I’m having a hard time listening to this because of the vocal fry

[@Whendidwegeticecream]

Whats vocal fry😬🙄

[@Orion-s8u]

i like this voice, its relaxing D: idk why everyone dislikes it

[@CastleHassall]

AI is already capable of replacing so many job roles it's crazily bad how naeive so many people are about the fact that in a few years most of us, even strategists and presenterS etc will be replaced by AI i really wish people would wake up to the risks of this for our ability to have careers in fields we love

[@RedOneM]

As a broad AI investor I have nothing to worry about. I've been eyeing AI since 2019, but I only went long on it since January 2024. This entire field will end up becoming the backbone of our society.

[@CastleHassall]

it'll destroy so many jobs.. but you don't care about that

[@RedOneM]

@@CastleHassall Automation has always been a good thing in human history, when viewing it long term. There is no better time to live on earth other than today.

[@Toqom]

It won't and you clearly don't understand the buzzword that is AI.

[@RedOneM]

@@Toqom Feel free to bet against my position. I welcome you to try profit of your personal view.

[@handfuloflight]

@@CastleHassall someone save the horses there are cars now

[@Transfromjapan]

He's the best ❤

[@ANKITVERMA-yu4ro]

Sam Altman voice isn't that clear. please work on the mic quality. Also, thanks for bringing this video up.

[@a3mia3mi82]

It’s not the mic problem, it’s his annoying vocal fry tone 🎤

[@Transfromjapan]

He's inspiring❤

[@조유준-d5f]

46:12 AGI? he said AGI?

[@cosmic5241]

Funny how his first response was AGI, then had to think for a few seconds and then decided it was his kid lol

[@wadetate1]

@@cosmic5241 He's married to a man. I guess its easy to forget about the toys someone else made without your involvement.

[@therealBiba]

@@wadetate1 xD

[@GeoMeridium]

And only 0.002% of the world's population watched the video xD

[@codelucky]

Altman advocates for a high degree of conviction in one’s bets, even when faced with skepticism, as it can lead to breakthroughs that others may miss.

[@jean-phil]

I guess it depends on the bets, the thing is, he works with the greatest minds but there are a lot of people out there we should be skeptical of ;p conviction must be driven by knowledge and experience ..

[@generichuman_]

for reference, thousands of days could be 2.7 years or 27 years away.

[@Zeeshan-bv7mo]

Great discussion...

[@antoniodingyi]

This episode is so awesome.

[@ВячеславКозаченко-д5б]

Greetings to the Creators of the GPT4 program.. I have a small request, in communication it is difficult to refer to sources from other Internet platforms such as KZbin, Twitter and so on.. especially GPT 4 finds it difficult to watch video materials from these sources in order to better understand the information on the topic of the conversation.. Request remove restrictions on access to sources on other platforms and add the ability not only to read but also to quickly view video materials.

[@santhoshkrishnan6269]

What a inspired man. How he changed enitre world work culture

[@BLAISEDAHL96]

Is this on Spotify?

[@saigouthamuppaluri2199]

Sam Altman’s voice could be used to test a surround sound technology.

[@SwetlanaAI-Podcast]

😂

[@Progic]

44:11 1 Person + 10,000 GPUs 🤯 that’s gonna be wild. For many years startups used to measure their success on how many people working for them… but the future holds totally opposite, having 10,000 ai agents working for you to make you millions… that’s gonna be wild.. I guess everyone will need to learn how to build business.

[@viky2002]

nvidia banking hard

[@stephen7715]

Not everyone can make millions, practically nobody can be rich if AI controls the wealth (besides those who own the AI).

[@jean-phil]

@@stephen7715 it's quite the opposite imho, everyone will be rich because AI and robots will do most of the work

[@robo_t]

@@jean-philThe rich own most of the wealth, not the other way around. What makes you think that'll be the case even with AI

[@jean-phil]

@@robo_twould you prefer to be the king of a country before Common Era or a middle class citizen nowadays ? Most people will answer being a King and I might agree somehow. But the point is, as a society, we are much richer than we were. Same will apply with future advancements such as AI. Also training AI is expensive but using it is not .. and don't forget OpenAI is non profit. AI is already available for free when you think about it. You can already leverage it. You can already automate parts of your job if you are a white collar, you are already richer than before. Being rich is not just about how much you have in your bank account. Its about how much products and services you can get for your work. The less work you need, the richer you are.

[@pikaso6586]

Let's not forget that the Google is the one that discovered the Transformer architecture on which these GPTs are based.

[@Pratik-_-Singh21]

"A person with 1000 gpu's", just excited me

[@midicine2114]

The selective vocal fry is very distracting.

[@markknoop777]

What is selective vocal fry?

[@flamboyant007]

its so irritating

[@midicine2114]

@@markknoop777 vocal fry is when his voice has that dry crackling undertone (13:22). Whenever his pitch goes up (0:54, 1:08) - it goes away.

[@markknoop777]

I never knew this was a thing. Loads of people talk like this.

[@deeplistening01]

he’s been busy building digital god. give him a break.

[@BlueBirdgg]

Great duo!

[@tasneemsalma3107]

Congratulations 🎉

[@CM-zl2jw]

When people talk about “fixing the climate” are they talking about controlling the weather? Do people literally want to put a thermostat on the thermodynamics of the planet?? I don’t understand that. Are they wanting to create a closed system? Is it possible? Is it desirable? Will cities of the future be enclosed because people have zero tolerance for weather and are unprepared for it? Will the weather of the future be too much for the average life forms of our time? Seems like there’s a lot of weather control going on now…. Is it helping or making things worse?

[@mesken96]

where can we read the essay

[@pdelaprimm]

Thank you for posting.

[@chiragai]

Sam has started series and sam is back again

[@karenhubbard5135]

Where can I find Sam’s essays

[@coderadventures6029]

is it possible to create an Ai that changes sam's voicie so i can listen to him?

[@PNWRocker]

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[@george_davituri]

Great conversation thanks for sharing, after watching I get more desire to hanging out at YC with folks

[@veronicarutgersson2079]

The guy is a genius!! 😍

[@JustinFantasmaDev]

great job!

[@qet-lab]

Can we submit product demo video after deadline?

[@sinanakkuss]

00:01 The only thing you're still interested in among all this is starting a company and making money. :)

[@thomaswidter]

Really great interview. I think the video version could be even better with less cutting - the pauses, the breathers, the silences. Let it be real, or as real as possible.

[@nikhiltawade3983]

Sam has Kawasaki dirt bike voice

[@deafalienzulu]

😄

[@myceliumtechno]

Wooow! I've never felt such a strong distrust in a public figure. His worldcoin mission is truly distopian.

[@HogbergPhotography]

The Sam Altman vocal fry though.. 😵‍💫

[@sachit9212]

He got hurt af but is still smarter than 99.9% percent of us;

[@MaadaThomas]

Sam gave his best interview yet to YC 🥹

[@MichaelMyers_369]

Genius 👏