In this video conversation recorded at MIT in April 2023, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman considers whether a single missing idea could reshape how powerful AI models are built, and discusses what makes AI companies enduring competitors. Altman reflects on ChatGPT's rapid adoption, the then-active debate about pausing AI development, and how AI systems might help improve themselves while humans remain in control of the process.
The discussion, part of Imagination in Action's archive, captures technology thinking and industry debate from that moment in time.
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