Sam Altman Shifts OpenAI to Platform Role After GPT 4 Adoption Misses 2023 Forecasts
Industry39d agoThe CEO of OpenAI said the company will prioritize building an API and a single interface for artificial general intelligence (AGI) to let other firms develop their own applications. Sam Altman acknowledged he overestimated the speed of software disruption following the 2023 launch of GPT-4, citing economic inertia and a tendency for users to stick with familiar tools. He characterized the slower pace of adoption as a positive development that would allow society and the economy to adapt more smoothly.
Altman criticized AI leaders for focusing messaging on existential risks and job losses, arguing that such framing makes the technology seem terrifying. OpenAI's strategy will expand to offer models across the full cost-performance curve, spanning high-end systems for scientific discovery and low-cost versions for repetitive tasks. The comments were made in a recent interview regarding the company's shift from a product-centric approach to a platform-centric model.
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- SOURCE@davidsenra“AI's Two Biggest Risks: Loss of Control & Centralized Power”x.com
- SUPPORT@dnapway“the economy just has so much inertia. People keep doing the same things they're doing.”x.com
- SUPPORT@rohanpaul_ai“We're going to sell great AI at every point on the cost-performance curve.”x.com
- SUPPORT@andrewcurran_“he feels the industry has not done a very good job with messaging”x.com
- SUPPORT@mark_k“Main topics: Why AI adoption is still slow, the missing "iPhone moment"”x.com
- SOURCE@polymarket“talk of “destroying the world” & wiping out jobs has made the technology seem terrifying”x.com
- SUPPORT@kalshi“AI leaders have not done a "very good" job of explaining benefits of AI”x.com