Sam Altman: OpenAI, GPT-5, Sora, Board Saga, Elon Musk, Ilya, Power and AGI [video]

1:33:12 Sam Altman mentioned that by the end of this decade and possibly somewhat sooner we'll have a really remarkable [AI] system. He also implied that it will change the world and world economy will feel materially different.

5 years typically means 20-40 years in these contexts.

I know, I know - a controversial guest of a controversial host, but I think it's worth a listen (maybe _because_ of that?). Anyway - I'm here for the comments!

Why is lex controversial?

1:05 - OpenAI board saga - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvqFAi7vkBc&t=65s

18:31 - Ilya Sutskever - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvqFAi7vkBc&t=1111s

24:40 - Elon Musk lawsuit - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvqFAi7vkBc&t=1480s

34:32 - Sora - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvqFAi7vkBc&t=2072s

44:23 - GPT-4 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvqFAi7vkBc&t=2663s

55:32 - Memory & privacy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvqFAi7vkBc&t=3332s

1:02:36 - Q* - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvqFAi7vkBc&t=3756s

1:06:12 - GPT-5 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvqFAi7vkBc&t=3972s

1:09:27 - $7 trillion of compute - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvqFAi7vkBc&t=4167s

1:17:35 - Google and Gemini - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvqFAi7vkBc&t=4655s

1:28:40 - Leap to GPT-5 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvqFAi7vkBc&t=5320s

1:32:24 - AGI - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvqFAi7vkBc&t=5544s

1:50:57 - Aliens - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvqFAi7vkBc&t=6657s

It was disappointing Lex didn't ask what specific accusations the board levelled against Altman. Sam's entire focus on how painful the experience was, really wasn't illuminating.

I would be surprised if Sam's team didn't clearly mentioned beforehand what questions could be asked regarding the whole debacle.

He definately had some limits on what he'd talk about like Q* for example.

Sam Altman sounds like a politician and BS artist in this, unfortunately.

And Lex as usual is insufferable.

"I would heavily discourage any start-up that was thinking about starting as a non-profit and adding a for-profit arm later. I would discourage them from doing that. I don't think we'll set a precedent here."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvqFAi7vkBc&t=1959s