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The Great Reset At OpenAI — EP 67 Sam Altman And Greg Brockman

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The Great Reset At OpenAI — EP 67 Sam Altman And Greg Brockman

Core Memory

3 DAYS AGO
Core Memory

Core Memory

3 DAYS AGO
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Sam Altman and Greg Brockman came on Core Memory together for a ten-year look back at OpenAI. It’s also the first time they’ve done a media podcast together. We juiced every second of our 90 minutes with the cofounders of OpenAI. We got into the company r...

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In a rare joint appearance, OpenAI co-founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman reflect on ten years of building toward artificial general intelligence—navigating technical breakthroughs, internal tensions, ethical reckonings, and the weight of shaping a technology that could redefine human capability.
02:44
They debated whether it was already too late to pursue artificial general intelligence
04:51
Sam constantly raises the ambition, especially regarding compute
13:08
ChatGPT helped diagnose a brain tumor
18:39
An Alzheimer's-affected grandmother used Alexa independently to play music
23:45
A new image model makes 'ridiculously great images', proving image generation was far from solved
26:14
Shift from skepticism to belief in AI's capabilities after using agents and seeing biotech results
36:30
The technology will raise the floor for everyone, like providing free access to advanced medical advice via smartphones
44:18
The U.S. is just 'play-acting' at hardware and may fall behind China in robotics and manufacturing
54:23
Personal AGI will autonomously execute real-world tasks like booking concert tickets
56:37
A powerful OpenAI model solved an Erdős problem, demonstrating potential for accelerating scientific discovery
1:12:05
As long as people only say mean things, it's not a big deal
1:16:55
They almost agreed to Elon Musk's demands for majority equity and control but rejected them to protect OpenAI's mission

Chapters

How a dinner in 2015 changed everything—and why they almost didn’t start OpenAI
00:00
Why constant tension between Sam’s ambition and Greg’s discipline is OpenAI’s secret weapon
04:51
What diagnosing a brain tumor with ChatGPT teaches us about AI safety and hope
10:37
Why you don’t need to understand AI to benefit from it—just try it
15:48
What ChatGPT’s launch revealed (and why we still underestimate image models)
21:15
Will your AI know your favorite concert venue before you do?
26:14
Can AGI lift everyone up—or will it widen the gap forever?
33:49
Why America’s robot problem starts with missing factories, not missing code
41:50
Why Sora got cut—and what ‘personal AGI’ really means for your calendar and tickets
47:07
How OpenAI builds models not for headlines, but for science, chips, and robots
56:37
Why fear-based marketing fails—and what responsible AI leadership actually looks like
1:06:23
What happens when OpenAI finally gets to tell its own story—in court?
1:14:41

Transcript

Greg Brockman: One, two, three, One, two, three. Kylie Robison: Does that sound, right? We're going to do all that personal drama in 90 minutes. Oh, yeah. Oh, don't you worry. We're building super intelligence. Greg Brockman: Is this part all going to be...