#599 - Sam Altman

This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von

Theo Von

Comedy

4.8 • 24.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2025

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Sam Altman is an entrepreneur, investor and CEO of the artificial intelligence company OpenAI, known for their popular program ChatGPT. Theo joins Sam at the OpenAI office in San Francisco to talk about the pros and cons of developing AI so rapidly, how these new technologies will change our idea of “work” forever, and the ethical debate around the merging of man and machine. Sam Altman: https://x.com/sama ------------------------------------------------ Tour Dates! https://theovon.com/tour New Merch: https://www.theovonstore.com ------------------------------------------------- Sponsored By: Celsius: Go to the Celsius Amazon store to check out all of their flavors. #CELSIUSBrandPartner #CELSIUSLiveFit https://amzn.to/3HbAtPJ Moonpay: Head over to https://www.moonpay.com/THEO to sign up! Armra: Go to http://tryarmra.com/THEO or enter THEO to get 15% off your first order. Netsuite: If your revenues are at least in the seven figures, download the free e-book “Navigating Global Trade: 3 Insights for Leaders” at http://netsuite.com/THEO ------------------------------------------------- Music: “Shine” by Bishop Gunn Bishop Gunn - Shine ------------------------------------------------ Submit your funny videos, TikToks, questions and topics you'd like to hear on the podcast to: [email protected] Hit the Hotline: 985-664-9503 Video Hotline for Theo Upload here: https://www.theovon.com/fan-upload Send mail to: This Past Weekend 1906 Glen Echo Rd PO Box #159359 Nashville, TN 37215 ------------------------------------------------ Find Theo: Website: https://theovon.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/theovon Facebook: https://facebook.com/theovon Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thispastweekend Twitter: https://twitter.com/theovon YouTube: https://youtube.com/theovon Clips Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheoVonClips Shorts Channel: https://bit.ly/3ClUj8z ------------------------------------------------ Producer: Zach https://www.instagram.com/zachdpowers Producer: Trevyn https://www.instagram.com/trevyn.s/ Producer: Nick https://www.instagram.com/realnickdavis/ Producer: Andrew https://www.instagram.com/bleachmediaofficial/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	There's like a big connection there that we don't know about.
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1:02.1	Go to RocketMoney.com slash Theo today.
1:06.0	That's RocketMoney.com slash T-H-E-O, RocketMoney.com slash theo. You know, the summertime has a lot of
1:14.2	side hustles. Today's guest is, well, dudes are straight up tech lord. Let's be honest. He's,
1:20.4	he's one of the leaders, the world leaders in the development of AI. He started OpenAI, which is known for having chat GPT.
1:32.7	We had a fascinating chat about the pros and cons, the fears and hopes,
1:38.0	everything I could learn about artificial intelligence and where we're headed.
1:43.3	TBD, baby. Today's guest is Mr. Sam Altman, and where we're headed. TBD, baby.
1:44.6	Today's guest is Mr. Sam Altman,
1:47.7	and I'm very thankful I love this. You know, we had a residential architect do this office.
2:08.3	We wanted to feel like someone's really comfortable, like, country house or something like that.
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