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Sam Altman: OpenAI CEO on GPT-4, ChatGPT, and the Future of AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #367

Sam Altman is the CEO of OpenAI, the company behind GPT-4, ChatGPT, DALL-E, Codex, and many other state-of-the-art AI technologies.

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Mar 25, 20232h 23mWatch on YouTube ↗

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Released
March 25, 2023
Duration
2h 23m
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Lex Fridman Podcast
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Sam Altman is the CEO of OpenAI, the company behind GPT-4, ChatGPT, DALL-E, Codex, and many other state-of-the-art AI technologies. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

EPISODE LINKS: Sam's Twitter: https://twitter.com/sama OpenAI's Twitter: https://twitter.com/OpenAI OpenAI's Website: https://openai.com GPT-4 Website: https://openai.com/research/gpt-4 PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOdP_8GztsuKi9nrraNbKKp4 Clips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOeciFP3CBCIEElOJeitOr41 OUTLINE: 0:00 - Introduction 4:36 - GPT-4 16:02 - Political bias 23:03 - AI safety 43:43 - Neural network size 47:36 - AGI 1:09:05 - Fear 1:11:14 - Competition 1:13:33 - From non-profit to capped-profit 1:16:54 - Power 1:22:06 - Elon Musk 1:30:32 - Political pressure 1:48:46 - Truth and misinformation 2:01:09 - Microsoft 2:05:09 - SVB bank collapse 2:10:00 - Anthropomorphism 2:14:03 - Future applications 2:17:54 - Advice for young people 2:20:33 - Meaning of life SOCIAL:

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  • Lex Fridman

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EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Lex Fridman Podcast, featuring Sam Altman and Lex Fridman, Sam Altman: OpenAI CEO on GPT-4, ChatGPT, and the Future of AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #367 explores Sam Altman on GPT-4, AGI risks, and reshaping work and power Sam Altman and Lex Fridman discuss GPT-4 as an early but pivotal step toward AGI, emphasizing both its remarkable capabilities and its current limitations. They unpack how large language models are built (data, scaling laws, RLHF, system messages) and how usability breakthroughs like ChatGPT changed public perception more than raw model improvements. A large portion of the conversation focuses on alignment, bias, safety testing, governance, and OpenAI’s unusual capped-profit structure amid competitive and political pressures. They also explore broader implications: impacts on jobs and programming, economic transitions, the possibility of superintelligence and fast takeoff, AI consciousness, and what it would mean for human meaning, democracy, and global coordination.

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