WhenChatGPTwaslaunched, a lotofpeoplewerekindofwonderingwhyAltmanwasreleasing a productsoquicklythathefeltcouldpotentiallybemisusedandwhyhebasicallykickstartedthisreallycrazy A.I.
I thinkthat's somethingthatOpenAIreallyhashadtowrestlewithbecausetheiridentityas a startupwhentheywerefoundedislikekindoftheseoutsiderswhohadthissortofheroicmissionofmakingsurethetechnologywasdevelopedintherightway.
AltmancultivatedthisrelationshipwithMicrosoftandbasicallyconvincedSatyaNadellatopourbillionsandbillionsofdollarsintowhatwasatthetimejust a researchproject.
Combinator. Whenever I'vehelpedpeoplefornoimmediatebenefitandwithnointentionofevergetting a benefitatall, timeandagaininmycareer, ithasreallylaterbenefitedme a lot.
It's reallyquiteastonishinghow a technologythatwasreallyjusthousedinresearchlabsacrossuniversitiesandbigtechcompanieshasliketurnedinto a thingthatisboostingthe S&P 500.
SoAltmanandOpenAIaretryingtostayontopoftheexplodingfieldatthesametimethatthey'retryingtoconvincethepublictotrustthem. Andthereis a placeinhistoryatstake, too.