From Researcher to Innovator: Journey at OpenAI

In this episode of High Agency, former OpenAI researcher Stan Polu shares his journey from AI research to founding Dust, an enterprise AI platform. Stan offers a contrarian view on the future of AI, suggesting we may be hitting a plateau in model capabilities since GPT-4. He discusses why startups should focus on product-market fit before investing in GPUs, shares practical lessons for building AI products, and predicts increased competition between AI labs and API developers. 

Chapters:
00:00 - Introducing Dust: an enterprise AI platform
06:07 - From Stripe to OpenAI: Stan's journey
10:29 - Why research wasn't enough: building Dust
15:10 -  Best practices for building an AI product
20:50 - Is prompt engineering here to stay
23:40 - Understanding language models and their limitations
32:56 - Predictions for AI in 2025
39:53 - Measuring progress toward AGI
42:26 - The true value of AI technology

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