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https://www.wsj.com/articles/chatgpt-sam-altman-artificial-intelligence-openai-b0e1c8c9


Sam Altman imagines a future where people ‘feel a little bit less ourselves’
without AI.


THE CONTRADICTIONS OF SAM ALTMAN, AI CRUSADER


THE CEO BEHIND CHATGPT NAVIGATES THE LINE BETWEEN DEVELOPING ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE ON THE CUTTING EDGE AND PUSHING TECHNOLOGY TO DYSTOPIA

Sam Altman imagines a future where people ‘feel a little bit less ourselves’
without AI.
By
Berber Jin and
Keach Hagey | Photographs by Clara Mokri for The Wall Street Journal
March 31, 2023 2:08 pm ET

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Sam Altman, the 37-year-old startup-minting guru at the forefront of the
artificial intelligence boom, has long dreamed of a future in which computers
could converse and learn like humans.

One of his clearest childhood memories is sitting up late in his bedroom in
suburban St. Louis, playing with the Macintosh LC II he had gotten for his
eighth birthday when he had the sudden realization: “Someday, the computer was
going to learn to think,” he said.


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