Sam Altman

CEO of OpenAI

CEO of OpenAI, former president of Y Combinator.

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❝ Powerful AI is not AGI, but it can complete most PhD-level research tasks within five years. ❞

❝ Alignment research is not 'after AGI' — it is the process itself. ❞

❝ Chips and compute are physical bottlenecks but not binding before 2027. ❞

❝ Compute will be the most precious commodity in the future. ❞

❝ Competition is good and pushes OpenAI to improve. ❞