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Talks at GoogleThe Winding Path of Progress | Sam Altman | Talks at Google
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EPISODE INFO
- Released
- October 18, 2017
- Duration
- 1h 0m
- Channel
- Talks at Google
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION
Sam Altman is the president of Y Combinator, the most prestigious startup incubator in Silicon Valley, but his vision for humanity's future goes far beyond northern California. Since taking the helm at Y Combinator, Sam has spearheaded the creation of new initiatives like YC Research, a nonprofit branch of Y Combinator that aims to conduct pure research into moonshot ideas like universal basic income, as well as OpenAI, a nonprofit AI research company working on creating a path toward artificial intelligence that can benefit all of humanity. Sam visits the Mountain View office to share his thoughts on a wide range of topics, including bias in the workplace, the most underrated quality of successful startup founders, the potential benefits of nuclear fusion, the growing challenge of economic inequality, and the role of the tech industry in politics. Moderated by Jorge Cueto.
SPEAKERS
Jorge Cueto
hostTalks at Google moderator/interviewer for this session.
Tech entrepreneur and investor associated with Y Combinator and OpenAI.
EPISODE SUMMARY
In this episode of Talks at Google, featuring Jorge Cueto and Sam Altman, The Winding Path of Progress | Sam Altman | Talks at Google explores Sam Altman on prioritization, founders, AI progress, and civic responsibility Sam Altman explained how he chooses projects by combining impact maximization with regret minimization, then experimenting broadly and quickly narrowing focus to what works.
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