Sam Altman on the future of AI | ReThinking with Adam Grant

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. Subscribe to the podcast at http://t.ted.com/4WkkJIo Available transcripts for ReThinking can be found at go.ted.com/RWAGscripts Follow TED! X: @TEDTalks Instagram: @ted Facebook: @ted LinkedIn: @ted-conferences TikTok: @tedtoks The TED Audio Collective is a collection of podcasts for the curious. The TED Audio Collective videos may be used for non-commercial purposes under a Creative Commons License, Attribution–Non Commercial–No Derivatives (or the CC BY – NC – ND 4.0 International) and in accordance with our TED Talks Usage Policy (https://www.ted.com/about/our-organiz...). For more information on using TED for commercial purposes (e.g. employee learning, in a film or online course), please submit a Media Request at https://media-requests.ted.com. 00:00 Getting fired from OpenAI 03:54 What's going to happen to humans? 06:02 The AI revolution 12:55 Empathy and AI 17:16 Using chatbots to rethink your beliefs 22:43 Adapting to an AI-driven world 26:42 What are humans for? 28:02 Lightning round 29:46 Organizational resilience at OpenAI 31:35 Sam on self-belief 34:37 The ethics of AI 40:06 Why pursue AI?