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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvqFAi7vkBcIn a candid conversation with Lex Fridman, Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, reflects on the tumultuous board saga at OpenAI, his personal struggles during the ordeal, and the importance of resilient organizational structures for the future of AI. He discusses the competitive landscape of AI, the role of compute as a future commodity, and the necessity for robust governance in AI development. Altman emphasizes his belief that no single person should control AGI and advocates for government involvement in setting AI regulations. Additionally, he shares his vision for the future of AI, including its potential to accelerate scientific discovery and the evolution of programming. Despite the challenges, Altman remains hopeful about humanity's trajectory, drawing inspiration from our collective achievements and the societal scaffold we've built.
"I think compute is gonna be the currency of the future."
"I think it will be maybe the most precious commodity in the world."
"But compute is different, like intelligence is gonna be more like energy or something like that where the only thing that I think makes sense to talk about is at price X, the world will use this much compute and at price Y, the world will use this much compute."
"If it's really cheap, I'll have it like reading my email all day, like giving me suggestions about what I maybe should think about or work on and trying to cure cancer."
"The road to AGI should be a giant power struggle."
"Whoever builds AGI first gets a lot of power."
"Energy is the hardest part. Building data centers is also hard."
"Nuclear."
"It's allocating approximately the same amount of compute for each token it generates."
"I think there will be a new paradigm for that kind of thinking."
"I meme like once there's like misinformation out in the world."
"I think we should be investing heavily to make a lot more compute."
"The road to AGI should be a giant power struggle."
"Whoever builds AGI first gets a lot of power."
"It is important that I, nor any other one person, have total control over OpenAI or over AGI."
"I think you want a robust governance system."
"One of the challenges for OpenAI will be we're gonna have to have a board and a team that are good at operating under pressure."
"The board of a nonprofit has, unless you put other rules in place, quite a lot of power, they don't really answer to anyone but themselves."
"Although the board had the legal ability to fire me, in practice, it didn't quite work."
"I continue to not want super-voting control over OpenAI."