Humans And AI Must 'Evolve Together' To Achieve What They Thought Was Unimaginable

Salesmen sell, marketers promote, but the best salesperson is always the CEO. And there is a good reason for that.

Sam Altman is the CEO of OpenAI, and ever since his company introduced ChatGPT, has been promoting the use of Large Language Model-powered AI, and pushes the adoption of the ever-increasing powerful chatbot for the benefit of human knowledge and AGI.

And like it or not, AI is taking over, and there is no going back to what life once was without it.

The technology has now been embedded in various devices, and that the general public and others have become more attached to it due to its increasing prominence in consumer devices, especially in their phones and computers.

Altman has been vocal about the future of AI, the impact of AI on education, and the ethical considerations of AI development.

In an event at the University of Tokyo, Altman sat with Kevin Weil, the CEO and CPO of OpenAI, and said that:

In the event that was moderated by Teruo Fujii, President of the University of Tokyo, Altman shared how he believes AI will have a profound impact on society in the coming years.

From automating tasks that are currently done by humans, and that the technology will lead to a significant increase in productivity..

And because how useful LLMs can be to aid many things, Altman and Weil who visited the elite university to speak with about 30 students attendees, said how they also believe AI will have a major impact on education. They believe that AI can be used to personalize learning and to provide students with more individualized instruction.

In front of the students, in response to a question about how AI can change the industry, Altman said that education is an area the company cares about most.

He said every student in the world can get a better educational experience, adding that technologies like OpenAI's should be able to help people learn in whatever their best style is and address whatever their weak points are.

Altman said it is hard to imagine what education will be like 100 years later in the future, but said it will be "super different."

But to ensure everything goes well, Altman stresses the importance of ensuring that AI is developed in a way that is beneficial to society.

They also believe that it is important to be aware of the potential risks of AI, such as the risk of job displacement.

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In a Q&A, one student mentioned about the Chinese generative AI startup DeepSeek, which is open source, can has its code accessible to everyone. The student then asked Altman if OpenAI had any plan to consider similar steps.

"We're going to do it," he said, despite refraining from the exact time when that will happen or what code will be open.

But what's certain, Altman suggests the direction of his company's focus in making its models more open, and how he thinks his company has made good progress in getting its models to be generally safe and robust in open-source uses.

One student asked Altman about the best team for someone who wishes to create a new business.

Knowing that LLM-powered AIs are getting better and that smarter models are able to learn new expertise from a smaller data points, Altman believes that the most important thing for startups is to have a team of people who are energetic, determined, and resourceful.

"Before OpenAI, I used to run something called Y Combinator to help people start companies and we funded many great Japanese companies. I think the most important thing of early team members is people who are have a lot of energy, and are very determined," he said.

Because finding early team members with specific expertise can be very difficult, it's best to just "you want people who have that kind of energy."