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Sam Altman
CEO, OpenAI
@sama
CEO of OpenAI, former president of Y Combinator. Led OpenAI through the launch of GPT-4, ChatGPT, and the turbulent board drama of late 2023. Now steering the company through its transition to a for-profit structure.
Key Beliefs
AGI is achievable within this decade and will be broadly beneficial
AI development should be gradual and iterative, not a sudden leap
The economic surplus from AI should be widely distributed
Safety and capability research must advance together
Open deployment with guardrails beats locked-down development