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Sam Altman: The Future of OpenAI, ChatGPT's Origins, and Building AI Hardware

2025/6/21
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领导 OpenAI 实现 AGI 和超智能，重新定义 AI 发展路径，并推动 AI 技术的商业化和应用。
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Sam Altman: 我认为现在是科技史上创业的最佳时机。OpenAI最初的目标是实现通用人工智能（AGI），当时99%的人认为我们疯了。但我们吸引了1%的人，他们是真正的人才。即使面临重重困难，我们仍然坚定信念，最终取得了成功。我建议大家从小做起，选择一个有潜力成为大市场的领域，并坚持不懈地努力。不要盲目跟风，要寻找与众不同的创业方向，这样才能更容易地集中人才，并建立持久的竞争优势。面对质疑时，保持信念非常重要，即使是英雄人物的批评也会让人动摇。创业路上会遇到很多挫折，要不断地站起来，继续前进。

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Sam Altman recounts the early days of OpenAI, highlighting the initial skepticism surrounding the pursuit of AGI and the pivotal decision to embark on this ambitious journey. He emphasizes the importance of a core team with shared conviction and a unique mission in overcoming seemingly insurmountable obstacles.
  • Initial skepticism towards OpenAI's AGI goal
  • The crucial role of a committed team
  • The advantage of pursuing a unique mission in attracting talent

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A fireside with Sam Altman at AI Startup School in San Francisco.Sam Altman grew up obsessed with technology, broke into the Stanford mainframe as a kid, and dropped out to start his first company before turning 20.In this conversation, he traces the path from early startup struggles to building OpenAI—sharing what he’s learned about ambition, the weight of responsibility, and how to keep building when the whole world is watching. He opens up about the hardest moments of his career, the limits of personal productivity, and why, in the end, it's all still about finding people you like working with and doing something that matters.