Sam Altman: RSI, AI Consciousness, OpenAI's New Hardware, Compute, and more!

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Sam Altman joins me to break down AI consciousness, recursive self-improvement, and how AI could help discover new medicines and scientific breakthroughs. We also get into the future of AI devices, the pressure of leading OpenAI, and why Sam believes we should aim for a new renaissance. Huge thanks to Sam for joining me! https://x.com/sama Join My Newsletter for Regular AI Updates 👇🏼 https://forwardfuture.com My Links 🔗 👉🏻 X: https://x.com/matthewberman 👉🏻 Forward Future X: https://x.com/forwardfuture 👉🏻 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/matthewberman_ai 👉🏻 Discord: https://discord.gg/u7wTTGWhuJ 👉🏻 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6dBxDwxtHl1hpqHhfoXmy8 Media/Sponsorship Inquiries ✅ https://bit.ly/44TC45V Chapters 0:00 Intro 0:52 When Will AI Discover New Treatments? 3:31 Why AI Hasn’t Killed Coding Jobs 11:47 Personal AI Assistants 15:39 Why Are We Busier Than Ever? 20:10 Why the AI Consciousness Debate Worries Sam 26:09 ChatGPT Is Too Agreeable 30:03 OpenAI’s Bet on Chips and Cheaper Compute 34:20 Why AI Needs a New Kind of Computer 37:41 Sam on Pressure: “Pick the Big Thing” 42:18 Why “AI Will Cure Cancer” Isn’t Enough

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Your idea can be anything. At our last workshops, people built plant-based nutrition businesses, a way to measure planetary resilience, crochet headwear and a way to connect lonely people living in the same building. An asset manager went on to raise an additional £25M on their fund within nine months. The fourth workshop is a full day at KOKO with Nick Sarafa, learning to build with Claude Code. Bring the thing you keep meaning to start. We’ll bring the pizza.

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Makers residency 4th edition
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