Sam Altman: OpenAI CEO on GPT-4, ChatGPT, and the Future of AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #367
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN mostly cites it for specific Altman quotes, such as models as reasoning engines rather than databases, while many commenters found the interview shallow or insincere.
What it is
Lex Fridman's long interview with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman about GPT-4, ChatGPT, and the future of AI. Topics include models as reasoning engines, AI risk, and consciousness.
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What Hacker News said
Cites bluehorseray · 2023-03 · on “OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Lex Fridman Podcast”
14:17: "I suspect too much of the processing power is going into using the model as a database instead of using the model as a reasoning engine" [this video]
Cites diimdeep · 2023-03 · on “OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Lex Fridman Podcast”
Lex Fridman: charisma is a dangerous thing. Flaws in communication style is a feature, not a bug in general, at least for humans in power. [this video]
Cites braindead_in · 2023-03 · on “OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Lex Fridman Podcast”
Interesting comment about consciousness being the fundamental substrate of the world and we are in a dream or simulation. That is exactly the Nondualist position. Did he say Bramhan? [this video]
Cites hamburga · 2023-03 · on “If AI scaling is to be shut down, let it be for a coherent reason”
I am trying really hard to understand the AI optimists' perspective, but I am shocked at how hard it is to find people responding to the substantive arguments made about AI existential risk. As far as I'm concerned, you sort of have to address the big, tough points in Bostrom's Superintelligence[1], and probably Yudkowsky's List of Lethalities[2]. They have to do with intelligence explosions, with instrumental convergence, and with orthogonality of goals, and all kinds of deceptive behavior that we would expect from advanced AI. Throw in Bostrom's "Vulnerable World" thought experiment for good measure as well[3]. If you're not addressing these ideas, there's no point in debating. Strawmannin
Cites qwertox · 2023-04 · on “ChatGPT as a Calculator for Words”
From his interview with Lex Friedman: Quoting what he says [0][1]: > You know, a funny thing about the way we're training these models is I suspect too much of the like processing power for lack of a better word is going into using the models as a database instead of using the model as a reasoning engine. The thing that's really amazing about the system is that it, for some definition of reasoning, and we could of course quibble about it and there's plenty for which definitions this wouldn't be accurate. But for some definition it can do some kind of reasoning. And, you know, maybe like the scholars and the experts and like the armchair quarterbacks on Twitter would say, no, it can't. You're
Critical desmosxxx · 2023-03 · on “OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Lex Fridman Podcast”
Every time Sam asked Lex a question I was excited for some discussion and then disappointed when Lex started talking. He either goes off on random tangent or doesn't get to the heart of the question / debate. Just very shallow and vapid, which is disappointing given the guests and Lex supposedly being of a technical background. I'd rather Joe Rogan interview Lex's guest and that says a lot. Example: [this video] He does have interesting guests though that I don't see on other podcasts so maybe he's seen as safe / controllable and is PR approved.
Critical mitthrowaway2 · 2023-05 · on “A.I. Poses ‘Risk of Extinction,’ Industry Leaders Warn”
Indeed. It's probably what I would do if I were him. Or direct OpenAI entirely into AI safety research and stop doing capabilities research. I watched his interview with Lex Fridman,[1] and I didn't think he seemed very sincere. On the other hand I think there are a lot of people who are very sincere, like Max Tegmark.[2] [1] [this video] [2] [LINK]
Critical zzzceo · 2023-11 · on “OpenAI Board Urged by Microsoft, Investors to Restore Altman”
I was not at all surprised re: Altman's ouster, and OpenAI should be both firm and unapolegetic in keeping him out. What took them so long!? I remember when I dumped him myself, after watching Altman's snore-inducing interview on the ever-engaging Lex Fridman podcast: [this video] Lex's questions were the only inciteful part; Altman's responses, if you could call them that, were uninteresting to the extreme. This is the billionaire CEO of the hottest tech company around? WTF? Now I can see why Hacker News never changed, still has 1999 interface, etc. If this is leadership, call me an Uber. Ditto Brockman's GPT-4 reveal, all giddy doodads: Oh, look-see, it can compose poems in the style of [sic] d