OpenAI - Fireside Chat with Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok - YouTube
Sam Altman discusses the early days of OpenAI and the journey from a non-profit research lab to a major technology company. Conversations explore career advice for students, the importance of resourcefulness, and the evolution of artificial intelligence.
We recently had the chance to chat privately with Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok about the impact of AI on the future of labor. One theme stood out: economic growth matters. It drives opportunity, innovation, and human flourishing. Here's the conversation. So, one of the fears I hear most often is that strong AI or AGI is just going to put everyone out of work. Uh, I have a much more optimistic view than that and I think most economists do. And one way to think about it is just to realize AI creates many many jobs even though it will take away some jobs. So one of the neatest properties of…
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