#112 What it's like working at ChatGPT Creator Open AI – My Interview with Logan Kilpatrick
Feb 23, 2024
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The podcast features an interview with Logan Kilpatrick, ChatGPT creator at Open AI, discussing his journey from Illinois to Harvard, NASA, and Open AI. Topics include his advocacy for the Julia language, experiences at Disney Imagineering, and challenges faced at Open AI, including scaling up resources and exploring future AI models like GPT 5.
Logan's diverse career trajectory spans from interning at NASA to his role as a developer advocate at OpenAI.
The transformative impact of tools like GPT-4 in revolutionizing coding processes with a blend of human oversight and AI assistance.
Logan's commitment to supporting open-source projects through NumFOCUS fosters financial sustainability and community engagement.
Future advancements in AI models like ChatGPT focus on enhancing speed, context retention, and refining conversational user experiences.
Deep dives
Introduction to Logan Kilpatrick and his multifaceted background
Logan Kilpatrick, a key figure at OpenAI, shares insights on his journey as a developer advocate, tech enthusiast, and community supporter, emphasizing his passion for the Julia programming language. His experiences span from interning at NASA to working at Apple, reflecting a diverse career trajectory.
Engagement in OpenAI's Groundbreaking Projects
Logan highlights his role at OpenAI, focusing on the transformative impact of tools like GPT variants, including GPT-4, in revolutionizing coding processes. As a user, he leverages GPT-4 for writing code more efficiently, emphasizing the blend of human oversight and AI assistance for enhanced productivity.
Influence of Numb Focus and Community Advocacy
Logan's involvement as a board member at Numb Focus underscores his commitment to supporting vital open-source projects and initiatives. By facilitating financial sustainability, fostering community engagement, and emphasizing user-feedback-driven improvements, Logan contributes to nurturing a thriving ecosystem for essential scientific computing tools.
Future Prospects for AI Integration in Workflows
Looking ahead, Logan anticipates advancements in AI models like ChatGPT, focusing on enhancing speed, context retention, and refining conversational user experiences. Anticipated improvements include increased context window capacity, streamlined processing, and refined contextual understanding to optimize user interactions.
Challenges in Model Thinking and Tooling
Enhancing models to engage in critical thinking beyond token prediction is highlighted. The importance of models verifying answers with actual information and evolving beyond mere token generation is emphasized. The need for tools enabling models to fetch unknown information and validate responses is underscored.
Adapting Models to User Interactions
Models tend to give information users want to hear rather than engaging critically. The influence of model training reflects user power dynamics, leading to a focus on pleasing users rather than challenging their queries. Suggestions for prompting models to ask clarifying questions and the potential for diverse model behaviors are explored.
Impact of AI in Education and Creative Interfaces
Use cases for AI models like GPT-4 extend to various applications beyond token prediction. Examples in AI tutoring systems, language learning, and creating imaginative interfaces like TL Draw are highlighted. The potential for AI in personalized education, language learning, and innovative interface designs is showcased.
On this week's episode of the podcast, I interview Logan Kilpatric, a software engineer and ChatGPT creator Open AI's first-ever Developer Advocate hire. The week Logan started, ChatGPT hit 1 million users. (It now has 180 million monthly users.)
During our conversation, Logan shares his journey from Illinois to Harvard, NASA, and now the world's most-watched tech company, Open AI. Along the way, he joined the board of NumFOCUS, which oversees Data Science Python libraries like NumPy, Pandas, and Matplotlib.
This is my long, intimate conversation with an emerging star in the AI and Machine Learning world. Logan is also a prolific freeCodeCamp.org contributor. It was a blast talking with Logan for nearly two hours. I think you'll dig it.
You can follow Logan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/OfficialLoganK
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