Behind The Tech with Kevin Scott

Sam Altman: Entrepreneurial prodigy, Y Combinator President and OpenAI CEO

Aug 22, 2019

59:00

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How Did You Become a Hacker?

02:40

YC Startup Advice

02:24

The Biggest Problem With Rejection

01:33

Introduction

2min

Sam Loops: The Most Impressive Founder I've Met

2min

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI

2min

Is That a Good Idea?

2min

What's the Technology Revolution Going to Be?

2min

What Was Your Favorite Non-Computer Science Thing When You Were at Stanford?

3min

YC Startup Advice

2min

Was It Important as CEO of Looped?

2min

The Secrets of Life

2min

10.

The Biggest Problem With Rejection

2min

11.

How Did You Become a Hacker?

3min

12.

Is Open AI Bad a Frontier?

2min

13.

Why Don't We See More of These Things?

2min

14.

How Did You Decide to Stop Do Looped?

3min

15.

Y Combinator Founder's Choice

3min

16.

How Did You Start Thinking About Artificial Intelligence?

2min

17.

The Storytelling Around AI Is Really Important

2min

18.

The Light Cone of All

2min

19.

Is There a Time Scale for AGI?

2min

20.

What's the Future of Deep Learning?

3min

21.

Is There a Future for Manufacturing?

4min

22.

What's the Most Exciting Thing That You Think Is Going to Happen in AI?

2min

23.

What's the Most Fun Non-Work Thing That You've Done Over the Last Year?

2min

24.

How to Be Gratitude in a Day or Two

2min

25.

The Delay Choice Quantum Eraser Experiment

2min

26.

Can We All Get This Vision of What AI Is Going to Be?

2min

27.

What's the Next Big Thing?

3min

Sam started his first company at 19 – and has launched many more since then. From Y Combinator to OpenAI, his insights and determination spark inspiration. Hear Sam’s ideas about career motivation, and why he thinks the human brain may be replicable in silicon.

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