Sam Altman

I think what I want is just this always on like super low friction thing where I can... either by voice or by text or ideally like some other, it just kind of knows what I want, have this like constant thing helping me throughout my day that's got like as much context as possible. It's like the world's greatest assistant. And it's just this like thing working to make me better and better.

There's like a, I know when you hear people like talk about the AI future, they imagine there's sort of two things

There's like a, I know when you hear people like talk about the AI future, they imagine there's sort of two things

different approaches and they don't sound that different but I think they're like very different for how we'll design the system in practice there's the I want an extension of myself I want like a ghost or an alter ego or this thing that really like is me is acting on my behalf is responding to emails not even telling me about it is sort of like It becomes more me and is me.

different approaches and they don't sound that different but I think they're like very different for how we'll design the system in practice there's the I want an extension of myself I want like a ghost or an alter ego or this thing that really like is me is acting on my behalf is responding to emails not even telling me about it is sort of like It becomes more me and is me.

And then there's this other thing, which is like, I want a great senior employee. It may get to know me very well. I may delegate it. You know, you can like have access to my email and I'll tell you the constraints, but I think of it as this like separate entity. And I personally like the separate entity approach better and think that's where we're gonna head. And so in that sense,

And then there's this other thing, which is like, I want a great senior employee. It may get to know me very well. I may delegate it. You know, you can like have access to my email and I'll tell you the constraints, but I think of it as this like separate entity. And I personally like the separate entity approach better and think that's where we're gonna head. And so in that sense,

The thing is not you, but it's like a always available, always great, super capable assistant executive.

The thing is not you, but it's like a always available, always great, super capable assistant executive.

I think there'd be agent-like behavior, but there's like a difference between a senior employee and an agent. And like I want it, you know, I think of like my, I think like a bit, Like one of the things that I like about a senior employee is they'll push back on me. They will sometimes not do something I ask or they sometimes will say like, I can do that thing if you want.

I think there'd be agent-like behavior, but there's like a difference between a senior employee and an agent. And like I want it, you know, I think of like my, I think like a bit, Like one of the things that I like about a senior employee is they'll push back on me. They will sometimes not do something I ask or they sometimes will say like, I can do that thing if you want.

But if I do it, here's what I think would happen and then this and then that. And are you really sure? Yeah. I definitely want that kind of vibe, which not just like this thing that I give a task and it blindly does. It can reason.

But if I do it, here's what I think would happen and then this and then that. And are you really sure? Yeah. I definitely want that kind of vibe, which not just like this thing that I give a task and it blindly does. It can reason.

It can reason. It has like the kind of relationship with me that I would expect out of a really competent person that I worked with, which is different from like a sycophant.

It can reason. It has like the kind of relationship with me that I would expect out of a really competent person that I worked with, which is different from like a sycophant.

I'm actually very interested in designing a world that is equally usable by humans and by AIs. So I... I like the interpretability of that. I like the smoothness of the handoffs. I like the ability that we can provide feedback or whatever. So, you know, DoorDash could just expose some API to my future AI assistant and they could go put the order in or whatever.

I'm actually very interested in designing a world that is equally usable by humans and by AIs. So I... I like the interpretability of that. I like the smoothness of the handoffs. I like the ability that we can provide feedback or whatever. So, you know, DoorDash could just expose some API to my future AI assistant and they could go put the order in or whatever.

Or I could say, I could be holding my phone and I could say, okay, AI assistant, you put in this order on DoorDash, please. And I could watch the app open and see the thing clicking around and I could say, hey, no, not this. There's something about designing a world that is usable equally well by humans and AIs that I think is an interesting concept.

Or I could say, I could be holding my phone and I could say, okay, AI assistant, you put in this order on DoorDash, please. And I could watch the app open and see the thing clicking around and I could say, hey, no, not this. There's something about designing a world that is usable equally well by humans and AIs that I think is an interesting concept.

Same reason I'm more excited about humanoid robots than sort of robots of very other shapes. The world is very much designed for humans, and I think we should absolutely keep it that way. And a shared interface is nice.