Sam Altman on the future of AI and humanity
ReThinking
TED
4.7 • 626 Ratings
🗓️ 7 January 2025
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Sam Altman is the CEO and cofounder of OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT. He and Adam discuss AI's advances in creativity and empathy, its ethical challenges, and the role of human oversight. Sam and Adam also discuss strategies for adapting to a changing world and their hopes for technology that enhances human progress while maintaining human values. Available transcripts for ReThinking can be found at go.ted.com/RWAGscripts
ReThinking is produced by Cosmic Standard. Our Senior Producer is Jessica Glazer, our Engineer is Aja Simpson, our Technical Director is Jacob Winik, and our Executive Producer is Eliza Smith.
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| 0:00.0 | In a world of seismic change, will your business shape the future or be shaped by it? |
| 0:07.0 | How will we capture the imagination of tomorrow's consumers? |
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| 0:34.2 | Claire worked in the marketing department for an up-and-coming artisan bakery. |
| 0:38.3 | Unfortunately, the artisan bakery in question was so up-and-coming. |
| 0:44.3 | Nobody actually knew it existed. |
| 0:47.3 | But then she had the really good idea to use Canva to create a business plan. |
| 0:52.3 | It looked good, Really, really good. |
| 0:55.6 | Their investors thought so too. |
| 0:57.9 | And now their hot cakes are selling like, well, exactly. |
| 1:02.6 | Thanks, Canva. |
| 1:04.2 | Gina's a muncher. |
| 1:06.5 | Jackson Nibbler. |
| 1:08.6 | Lucy likes to linger. |
| 1:17.2 | But not for too long. And Harry, thank you Harry. |
| 1:22.4 | Mikado is the crunchy biscuit stick dipped in smooth milk chocolate and makes other biscuits look so ordinary. Macado is deliciously Moorish. However you enjoy it, make every day more Macardo. |
| 1:30.4 | Grab a pack in your local store today. |
| 1:32.7 | Find Macardo in the Biscuit Isle. |
| 1:37.0 | One of the surprises for me about kind of this trajectory |
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