Sam Altman on the future of AI | ReThinking with Adam Grant

Sam Altman is the CEO and cofounder of OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT. He and Adam discuss AI's advances in creativity and empathy, its ethical challenges, and the role of human oversight. Sam and Adam also discuss strategies for adapting to a changing world and their hopes for technology that enhances human progress while maintaining human values.

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00:00 Getting fired from OpenAI
03:54 What's going to happen to humans?
06:02 The AI revolution
12:55 Empathy and AI
17:16 Using chatbots to rethink your beliefs
22:43 Adapting to an AI-driven world
26:42 What are humans for?
28:02 Lightning round
29:46 Organizational resilience at OpenAI
31:35 Sam on self-belief
34:37 The ethics of AI
40:06 Why pursue AI?