Sam Altman

Yeah, I mean, we have always used software tools since their advent to try to automate away drudgery. And that has traditionally been seen as a good thing, right? It's nice that you have a spreadsheet to do your financial planning and aren't trying to do it all on a legal pad. Presumably that brought a benefit to your life, made you better at your job, and also helped you do it faster.

Yeah, I mean, we have always used software tools since their advent to try to automate away drudgery. And that has traditionally been seen as a good thing, right? It's nice that you have a spreadsheet to do your financial planning and aren't trying to do it all on a legal pad. Presumably that brought a benefit to your life, made you better at your job, and also helped you do it faster.

Yeah, I mean, we have always used software tools since their advent to try to automate away drudgery. And that has traditionally been seen as a good thing, right? It's nice that you have a spreadsheet to do your financial planning and aren't trying to do it all on a legal pad. Presumably that brought a benefit to your life, made you better at your job, and also helped you do it faster.

And I view the AI tools I use as doing that. They take something that used to take me a lot of time and effort and now make it simpler. For just one example, I have a human editor who reads my column before I send it out. But I also will, most of the time, just run it through Claude, actually, which is the Anthropix model, and just see if it can find any spelling or grammatical errors.

And I view the AI tools I use as doing that. They take something that used to take me a lot of time and effort and now make it simpler. For just one example, I have a human editor who reads my column before I send it out. But I also will, most of the time, just run it through Claude, actually, which is the Anthropix model, and just see if it can find any spelling or grammatical errors.

And I view the AI tools I use as doing that. They take something that used to take me a lot of time and effort and now make it simpler. For just one example, I have a human editor who reads my column before I send it out. But I also will, most of the time, just run it through Claude, actually, which is the Anthropix model, and just see if it can find any spelling or grammatical errors.

And every once in a while, it really saves my bacon. And all it cost me is $20 a month. So I don't think there is any shame in using these tools as a kind of backstop to prevent you from making a mistake or from doing some research. Because that's just the way that we've always used software and technology. So I understand the... anxiety about this.

And every once in a while, it really saves my bacon. And all it cost me is $20 a month. So I don't think there is any shame in using these tools as a kind of backstop to prevent you from making a mistake or from doing some research. Because that's just the way that we've always used software and technology. So I understand the... anxiety about this.

And every once in a while, it really saves my bacon. And all it cost me is $20 a month. So I don't think there is any shame in using these tools as a kind of backstop to prevent you from making a mistake or from doing some research. Because that's just the way that we've always used software and technology. So I understand the... anxiety about this.

I understand people who, for their own principled reasons, decide, well, I don't want to use this in my work. Maybe I'm a creative person. It's very important to me that all the work that I do is 100% human and has no AI in it. These are very reasonable positions to strike.

I understand people who, for their own principled reasons, decide, well, I don't want to use this in my work. Maybe I'm a creative person. It's very important to me that all the work that I do is 100% human and has no AI in it. These are very reasonable positions to strike.

I understand people who, for their own principled reasons, decide, well, I don't want to use this in my work. Maybe I'm a creative person. It's very important to me that all the work that I do is 100% human and has no AI in it. These are very reasonable positions to strike.

But I think that to tell someone, you shouldn't use this particular kind of software because it is evil, I don't understand that argument. Can I tell you about another way I've been using AI this year? Yeah. And I was actually thinking about you.

But I think that to tell someone, you shouldn't use this particular kind of software because it is evil, I don't understand that argument. Can I tell you about another way I've been using AI this year? Yeah. And I was actually thinking about you.

But I think that to tell someone, you shouldn't use this particular kind of software because it is evil, I don't understand that argument. Can I tell you about another way I've been using AI this year? Yeah. And I was actually thinking about you.

Because during one of our conversations, we were reflecting on the fact that there were only a couple of things that people could do to improve their mental health. And one was therapy and the other was meditation. And you were saying how frustrating it is to know what the answer is and to not want to do it, right? Yes. It's like...

Because during one of our conversations, we were reflecting on the fact that there were only a couple of things that people could do to improve their mental health. And one was therapy and the other was meditation. And you were saying how frustrating it is to know what the answer is and to not want to do it, right? Yes. It's like...

Because during one of our conversations, we were reflecting on the fact that there were only a couple of things that people could do to improve their mental health. And one was therapy and the other was meditation. And you were saying how frustrating it is to know what the answer is and to not want to do it, right? Yes. It's like...

Yes, if you started a meditation practice, like that would obviously be very helpful, but then you have to like sit quietly with your thoughts for 20 minutes a day. Like, obviously that seems horrible.

Yes, if you started a meditation practice, like that would obviously be very helpful, but then you have to like sit quietly with your thoughts for 20 minutes a day. Like, obviously that seems horrible.