Sam Altman: OpenAI, GPT-5, Sora, Board Saga, Elon Musk, Ilya, Power & AGI
Transcript of Lex Fridman's 2024 interview with Sam Altman (episode 419).
Interview · 2024Sources & confidence: Qualified confidence
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The phrase quoted in the essay's opening.
- Sam Altman: OpenAI, GPT-5, Sora, Board Saga, Elon Musk, Ilya, Power & AGI
Compute "going to be the currency of the future".
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- Recorded with Altman as the edge author because the essay quotes him; Fridman is the host.
Confidence applies to the scope above, not every claim made by the underlying source. How confidence works
Quoted in the essay's opening.
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- Neo-Technocracy: Same Dream, Bigger Budget
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