Sam Altman - OpenAI/ChatGPT

Artificial Intelligence, or AI, is becoming increasingly prominent in our society. With constant conversation about concerns of potentially displaced jobs, fueling online bias, and spreading misinformation, the future of AI raises one simple question: Is it hurtful or helpful?
Howard University was honored to host an interactive conversation on artificial intelligence moderated by President Ben Vinson III, in discussion with OpenAI co-founder and CEO Sam Altman. This episode of At Howard was recorded in January 2024 and aired April 8th 2024.
Guests also include Prof. of Biochemistry Dr. William Sutherland.
Brought to you by #WHUTtv - Howard University Television

[@breaktherules6035]

I found really annoying that some students took half an hour to introduce themselves with a lot of bullshit and at the end asking stupid questions...Excellent points by Sam Altman

[@user-tj9oc2jp3u]

Sam Altman is very important person who speaks cleverly and quite attentively. Thanks for sharing. ( thank you for translating into English, GPT :) )

[@donharris8846]

I hate when people use a crowded Q&A session as their platform for advocacy. Not the time or place

[@Iknowwereyousleep289]

I mean it’s still was a question people care about

[@donharris8846]

@@Iknowwereyousleep289 Certainly. It’s just that with 20 people behind you ready to ask OpenAI relevant questions in 5 minutes, preaching for an extended amount of time is rude.

[@izzy_hatake]

I really dislike people who think like u. When people advocate in the way you want them to they’re still not heard. When injustice affects you, you storm the capitol

[@donharris8846]

@@izzy_hatake That’s fine to dislike me from my comment (kinda odd since you don’t know me). My comment was about hating a scenario, not a person. It’s rude to suck up all the air in the room for your cause as if you’re the central character and no one else matters. Everyone wanted to ask something there obviously and time was limited, so to hog all of the time and space is just self centered.

[@izzy_hatake]

@@donharris8846 cry me a river. Comprehension must not be your strength. “I dislike people who think like you”. It’s how you think that I take exception to. They needed to be heard and this was an opportunity that presented itself. Whether you approve or not is irrelevant.

[@simoneromeo5998]

9:26 starts from here

[@stavroskyriakidis4839]

Mvp

[@GodAlone19Ali]

Fr

[@francisco444]

April 8 Check the description for details

[@trevorndhlovu3381]

I love Altman's suit ❤❤

[@godmisfortunatechild]

I think a lot of the questions in this were predicated on a misunderstanding of AI's implications. When AGI is achieved there isn't any concrete skill that will allow a human to retain economic value. We need a fundamental restructuring of economics.

[@cyberft]

Wouldn’t it matter who controls AGI? Wouldn’t that person or group have the ability to set the rules?

[@yubbityyubba7749]

Sam doesnt seem to agree with what you're saying here. Or do you think hes saying human will still have value in a post AGI world because he doesnt want to concern people?

[@godmisfortunatechild]

@@yubbityyubba7749 Yes he's sandbagging like crazy. Many of the statements he makes about exponential capability increase and AGI within the decade aren't congruent/conducive to humans being anything but a bottleneck. There is no skill/ability that's unique to humans that AI cannot eventually replicate and supercede and he pretty much said as much in this talk and several others.

[@user-my1gh5ct9p]

28:28 - 29:40 is missing

[@tethron.]

Great, thanks for hosting this event!

[@elsavelaz]

If I was there I’d say, “thank you for leveling the playing field. I’m a female minority disabled dyslexic navy veteran who finally gets a level playing field, I use it every day , unending gratitude from the trenches of AI. I’m 46 and became an engineer at age 40 after teaching kindergarten and chat gpt changed my life at age 45, any advice on how I can keep killin it with ai? Or even “how can I help ?” Or “thank you for bringing it everyone, it’s like when horses finally got relieved when cars came out.”

[@rahuliox]

WHUT people, you should indicate who are the speaers along with where and when this took place in the notes.

[@PrevailPal]

Thank you for sharing this.

[@jackgrothaus2722]

When was this recorded?

[@thedogank]

January 2024.

[@user-my1gh5ct9p]

@@thedogank it is uploaded in april 2024

[@thedogank]

which is obvious :) It was uploaded but not recorded in april.

[@Steve-xh3by]

There's one key factor that Altman always glosses over. The human bandwidth to consume services, content, and products will NOT increase. However, if AI will greatly accelerate human capabilities to generate all these things, seemingly exponentially, what happens in an economy? The Web itself is already well on its way to generating far more content than is consumable.

[@darylallen2485]

What you've defined here is encapsulated in the word abundance.

[@piotrek7633]

We should switch to a new system, capitalism is a trash one anyway, rich get richer and poor get poorer, most people can't even afford a house anymore. I would understand if everyone had equals chances, but its only getting worse and worse, and we're all driven by money not by logic and feelings. The problem is, that if we increase our production by alot, then we will increase the quality of life for everyone, but at the same time we will kill creatvity, motivation, because there will literally be nothing left to do, except to experiment and maybe do things for fun

[@soggybiscuit6098]

What consumers would you have when they have no jobs to pay for services

[@Steve-xh3by]

@@darylallen2485 Except human beings have never distributed abundant resources in an egalitarian fashion. A few people horde them all. We have enough resources right now to solve poverty in the entire world, yet we don't.

[@Fluxtus]

​@@soggybiscuit6098 why should they have to pay?

[@Jesse-ii5md]

Very good interview

[@UnsaltedCashew38]

Guy at 25:00 wasted over 60 secs doing a self-promotion rather than focusing on asking a good question. They were already told there isn't enough time and to be direct. How full of himself is this guy? And then his question wasn't even directed at Sam.... like what?

[@joey1772]

Yeah, that hurt to watch. And based on all the bragging he did while wasting everyone’s time, I’d say he’s quite full of himself

[@jimdenson]

Softies are a major problem as well

[@HenryBloggit]

Academia is all about self-promotion and self-aggrandizement.

[@drjeffbullock]

Excellent interview

[@Ben_D.]

I love Sama. Glad he is at the helm.

[@claudioagmfilho]

🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷👏🏻,. Amazing interview, thanks for sharing it.

[@Alice8000]

LOVE THIS GUY. GO SAMA

[@imaloserdude7227]

Fantastic questions from students!

[@jaedme]

are you serious?

[@MagmaCrescent]

Were they though?

[@machina_aeterna]

Awesome.

[@chanyuan-cv4op]

30:46 good QA

[@DRMCVG]

3:42 little human interaction of him trying to nudge away to stop the mic feedback lol.

[@littlehenderson5695]

Wish there was more black computer science and data science students 😢only heard from 2

[@thinkingcitizen]

@@dscuffman7679and both are Chinese ethnicity, no Japanese, Indian, Korean or other Asian community in NBA 😂😂😂

[@newtonfrodwa8824]

Great talk

[@VSIMO-lh7ld]

AI is not going to lie, steal, badmouth, or manipulate. I don't see a reason why someone would want a human for a friend, except maybe for basic instinctual satisfaction. But it's not going to be friendship; it's going to be the fulfillment of a need.

[@chanyuan-cv4op]

Why is the host urging Altman to leave in haste?

[@wesmcewen8481]

Great Interview. Chat GPT is truly a transformational technological platform. GPT4 is AGI. Firstly,: I cannot believe neither the President, Dr. Sutherland, or the students asked about OpenAI's partnership with Figure Robotics. Second: Earlier in the interview Sam mentioned a great point on paying contributors to the gpt platform. Would like to learn more about that program that compensates contributors to the growth and development of the model. The chats with gpt are my valuable insights, conversations, plans, mindsets, attitude towards how I view life. It is my personality in digital form and because it's me, human, I like the idea of getting compensated for contributing to the growth and development of the model. Democratized finance with bitcoin as a form of payment would be terrific! Curious if OpenAI has plans to open a branch for Consulting Services, coaching businesses on how to leverage the Platform within their current framework, as an enhancement. Similar to someone having a gartner + pitchbook tech stack. What would that model look like? Thanks Sam

[@genogiordani-lr7gh]

This was great. Shout out to Sam Altman.

[@theraceanalystphdprovingha4119]

Using the mainframe punched computer cards was something we did with IBM 14... programming language.

[@dadsonworldwide3238]

Isn't it amazing how a single thread is pulled that inspires not only soul agency free will inertia frame of reference but gifted us the tools & methods of creating selfless actors of greater good . Nomatter what kind of natural system the Keys to the cosmos and life. It's organically and naturally oriented in a way that ironically follows the foresight of uk & American traditions was born in concert with along side methods of eradicating old world habits needs and demands that drove even good men to do bad things to improve human condition. But the footwork is critical we need experts who are selfless actors properly innovating even if it is temporarily at their expense. It's a very big challenge since we've been in a very anomalous stepping stone period of time that what was modern is now antiquated obstacles. The rest of the world only industrialized after the transitor age they don't have the phase the west have had to climb up steam engine to compartmentalizaion and specialization that had the effects of dissociation from great wholistic perceptions .lost multi skillset abilities .large gathering labor demands condensed living.

[@dg-ov4cf]

the fuck are you talking about

[@CollideTVOfficial]

regardless of his demeanour, Sam does a great job of advancing the ai agenda. question is… is he now controlled by AGI?

[@onzurkthewarrior2822]

Wow Sam was in the east coast and I didn’t know…..

[@user-qv4ze8zm4h]

6:49 occurs? It's sounds occurs + cruise..

[@Garycarlyle]

The establishment wouldnt be doing it if it was good for the people rather than just them.

[@ai4kWebdesignEcommerce]

Great! 👌

[@shantanushekharsjunerft9783]

At the very least generative AI will put downward pressure on wages of highly skilled engineers, doctors and perhaps even lawyers. It will do so by giving leverage to less skilled engineers, nurses and paralegals.

[@HenryBloggit]

Interviewer: “How can we ensure the ethical considerations are prioritized, and what role should industry leaders play in making sure that we have responsible practices?” It’s awkward watching Sam Altman have to respond to questions from the moderators that were obviously written by ChatGPT. He of all people knows ChatGPT-generated text when he hears it, so when he has to respond to it, you can see on his face that he know’s he’s not talking to people, he’s talking to his own chatbot which is speaking to him through the people’s mouths. It’s a weird vibe, for sure.

[@circulartext]

im already an A.I researcher i been applying for about 2 years now and still no job also im black and i can see alot of the bias that chat gpt has

[@roboto6375]

As a recent graduate, I can’t imagine professors repeating how much the students voices are not heard, and how can AI be more “inclusive” I feel bad for Sam having to provide an answer other than.. its a computer.. it doesn’t have a concept of race.. it’s shocking these moderators have doctorate degrees. Everyone has a voice no matter your background or color of your skin. It is not 1964. If you can get through all the DEI crap it’s a good video

[@necrosis9222]

They dont seem to understand anything. How can these type of people be a professor or teacher. Keeps asking weird question as well

[@armadasinterceptor2955]

Thanks, I figured he was going that route, when he said they stand for social justice. That's when I started side eying him, then you confirmed it.

[@isaiahj3968]

I noticed that as well. One of the professors kept on saying "underrepresented backgrounds".@@necrosis9222

[@bobmuller5002]

It's not a car, but sure.

[@dscuffman7679]

They have these degrees because of the same things they are advocating for. It's apparent they have no idea about what AI.

[@rolestream]

freeezes at 28 mins

[@KaMingLeung-kk6ey]

Does Sam know what is "W1X1 + W2X2 + W3X3 + ..... + WnXn + b = Y" is for?

[@capitanalegria]

lol my guy, activation functions shouldnt be used to gatekeep, humanity works in teams for a reason. Each one should focus on contributing with their set of skills and individual talents towards the collective. Additionally, activation functions arent the reason machine learning works. Linear regressions are nowhere near backpropagation for efficency, so weird flex I guess.

[@izzy_hatake]

@@capitanalegria 😂 weird flex indeed. Thank you for dropping knowledge.

[@yonnileung]

Many businessmen talk about technology, and they can easily talk for a couple of hours for the so-called "strategy," in high level, but indeed, how deep they understand about the technology? They always talk about the risk of AI having consciousness, but our scientists still don't know what consciousness is and how it works. Based on the neural network and transformer, we will get the AGI work and generate consciousness/self-awareness? This question is just like, "How a kindergarten student to get nobel prize." How bad is a businessman on the driving seat, and he doesn't know the tech...

[@KarlPages-tm6us]

Good video and good questions, by the way, thanks Howard University and open AI

[@user-qv4ze8zm4h]

8:29 That's the president of virtue to question. So tool means AI?

[@user-pk2pj3gy3q]

Sam Altman is the God of AI. 🤖

[@DanyPell]

COST REDUCTION OF API DROP NEXT HUGE MODEL PLEASE! Then I can use it so much for my app that doesnt make enough profit to use GPT-4 API

[@user-fr8fg3op2p]

In GPT we trust.

[@Charles-Darwin]

i nominate sam altman to be the first of the spidermans

[@seanmchugh2866]

First question out of his mouth is "how can we make AI racist".

[@benjaminkaarst]

Elon would never do this.

[@AustinGlamourPhoto]

Sam Altman speaks like a professional PR person. He's honestly slimy and only tells people what they want to hear.

[@mikey1836]

I take on your view point, but I wonder if he has autism and so comes across that way?

[@piotrek7633]

Because he is a PR person

[@soggybiscuit6098]

Thats been noted hes a comfortable liar in the openAI reshuffle drama

[@dscuffman7679]

Thats not true, I've seen him kick back on some of this woke crap. You have to be careful how you tread when you represent a big company even when you're speaking the truth unless you're Elon then you just don't give a f lol

[@matteoianni9372]

He's just amazing, isn't he? That's the spokesman ASI needs. Thank god we have Sam.

[@nbme-answers]

5:51 Sam's St Louis

[@GIGANTOMECHA]

yo this is 2024 fix the damn mics thank you

[@chanyuan-cv4op]

23:30

[@user-qv4ze8zm4h]

I think AI is already contaminated with human's bias because they have been learning everything from human. However AI's bias may be diverse.

[@Terror832]

30:19

[@user-qv4ze8zm4h]

10:44 He sometimes is so funny 😆.

[@hanskraut2018]

its moving insanely slowly not quickly

[@dg-ov4cf]

bot

[@eyurichi3331]

❤

[@Rolyataylor2]

Argggg I have a solution to the integration of multiple perspectives! I wish i had gotten a degree so i could have a voice

[@space_ghost2809]

is this about AI?

[@NetWatch2342-tl6tx]

so uhh when is Sora gonna get released?

[@roberts932]

he‘s using the voice,

[@chuckmydogaccount7452]

This is like 6 months old wdf

[@DanielMatte-jj5wl]

Open AI will not happen untill stops are in place. However we do have hackers.

[@FunNFury]

Sam Altman, talks a lot and talks nothing, he speaks generic and seems pretentious, I would choose illiya over Sam anyday.

[@dscuffman7679]

Lol these people, first thing they talk about is social justice and other bias opinions. Typical af, maybe be a little more unpredictable there DEI hero 😆

[@tzenmatteo]

Artemis

[@getrightconstruction1342]

So they are like “yeah, we are down to use this new technology, where do we enter in our victim card???”

[@Anna_Lobanova11]

Искусственный интеллект связан с ковид 19 ,это раз ,во вторых он не интегрируется положительно с деревенской Москвой , компания Apple не соглашается с политикой России

[@getrightconstruction1342]

Colleges are no longer relevant -chatgpt4 April 13th, 2024

[@davidderidder2667]

Is this guy even the man who created ChatGPT? Seems like his is just the administrator. Does he even know code? Can anyone explain?

[@AlgoRhythmAIMusic]

28:26 - 29:40 bro ran out of compute also i post AI music on my page if anyones interested

[@jimbojimbo6873]

Whys he wasting time on these interviews instead of at the company making AGI happen?

[@NicK-vd3hj]

All ceo’s do interviews. What an odd question.

[@MetricsOfMeaning]

The people here think they’re a part of a fruitful conversation, but they don’t recognize their controller is unplugged and Sam’s here merely out of subsidized gratuity. Painful

[@MrAndrew535]

I am now 62 years old and I have never witnessed such a cacophony of wishy thinking...

[@Yourmission9]

Hosting a tech bro when the entire industry has ZERO oversight is scary, not something to be lauded. If the trend of a lack of oversight continues in the world of AI we’re COMPLETELY f**ked. I digress

[@wittenberg5]

woke clown detected. Nothing to contribute so you just want to regulate others

[@reza2kn]

HHHHHHHWHAT? :D

[@cool-alien377]

They don’t answer questions in the end so lame

[@alecpokrandt3322]

you absolutely obliterated my interest in 30 seconds

[@ginebro1930]

Idk why they always invite Altman, he lacks any kind of deep understanding on the topic, maybe because the interviewers are lacking as well...

[@VeganCheeseburger]

Awful audio feedback

[@necrosis9222]

University have become a joke...

[@user-my1gh5ct9p]

racist comment 1

[@piotrek7633]

You say that because of some interview?

[@dscuffman7679]

100% it's a dei clown show. Sad because alot of intelligent minds and real talent is being wasted

[@georgewashington7251]

Responsible practices? Howard is focused on the wrong things.

[@RandoomDude]

worthless interview, nothing really technical just "oh please make AI less scawy and not like terminator"

[@edwardjohnson7059]

So in summary.. ChatGPT is going to be woke shite.