Sam Altman

And I think being surrounded with people like that is...

And I think being surrounded with people like that is...

I don't know what it's really about. We started off just thinking we were going to be a research lab and having no idea about how this technology was going to go. Because it was only seven or eight years ago, it's hard to go back and really remember what it was like then. But this was before language models were a big deal.

I don't know what it's really about. We started off just thinking we were going to be a research lab and having no idea about how this technology was going to go. Because it was only seven or eight years ago, it's hard to go back and really remember what it was like then. But this was before language models were a big deal.

I don't know what it's really about. We started off just thinking we were going to be a research lab and having no idea about how this technology was going to go. Because it was only seven or eight years ago, it's hard to go back and really remember what it was like then. But this was before language models were a big deal.

This was before we had any idea about an API or selling access to a chatbot. This was before we had any idea we were going to productize at all. So we're like, we're just going to try to do research and we don't really know what we're going to do with that.

This was before we had any idea about an API or selling access to a chatbot. This was before we had any idea we were going to productize at all. So we're like, we're just going to try to do research and we don't really know what we're going to do with that.

This was before we had any idea about an API or selling access to a chatbot. This was before we had any idea we were going to productize at all. So we're like, we're just going to try to do research and we don't really know what we're going to do with that.

I think with many fundamentally new things, you start fumbling through the dark and you make some assumptions, most of which turn out to be wrong.

I think with many fundamentally new things, you start fumbling through the dark and you make some assumptions, most of which turn out to be wrong.

I think with many fundamentally new things, you start fumbling through the dark and you make some assumptions, most of which turn out to be wrong.

So we said, okay, well, the structure doesn't quite work for that. How do we patch the structure? And then you patch it again and patch it again, and you end up with something that does look kind of eyebrow-raising to say the least. But we got here gradually with, I think, reasonable decisions at each point along the way.

So we said, okay, well, the structure doesn't quite work for that. How do we patch the structure? And then you patch it again and patch it again, and you end up with something that does look kind of eyebrow-raising to say the least. But we got here gradually with, I think, reasonable decisions at each point along the way.

So we said, okay, well, the structure doesn't quite work for that. How do we patch the structure? And then you patch it again and patch it again, and you end up with something that does look kind of eyebrow-raising to say the least. But we got here gradually with, I think, reasonable decisions at each point along the way.

And it doesn't mean I wouldn't do it totally differently if we could go back now with an oracle, but you don't get the oracle at the time. But anyway, in terms of what Elon's real motivations here are, I don't know.

And it doesn't mean I wouldn't do it totally differently if we could go back now with an oracle, but you don't get the oracle at the time. But anyway, in terms of what Elon's real motivations here are, I don't know.

And it doesn't mean I wouldn't do it totally differently if we could go back now with an oracle, but you don't get the oracle at the time. But anyway, in terms of what Elon's real motivations here are, I don't know.

Elon said this set of things. Here's our characterization. Here's the characterization of how this went down. We tried to not make it emotional and just sort of say, here's the history.

Elon said this set of things. Here's our characterization. Here's the characterization of how this went down. We tried to not make it emotional and just sort of say, here's the history.

Elon said this set of things. Here's our characterization. Here's the characterization of how this went down. We tried to not make it emotional and just sort of say, here's the history.