Sam Altman says that colleagues are happy that he is a father now because they think that the education of a child will help him make “better decisions for humanity”

Altman and her husband, the Australian software engineer Oliver Mulherin, welcomed a little boy in February via substitution maternity. Altman and Mulherin, both 40, were married in Hawaii last January.

Addressing Emily Chang de Bloomberg TV at the headquarters of Openai in San Francisco in June, Altman described the immediate impact of his new parent role.

“I don’t think I have something unplugged to say here, but it is the best most surprising thing of all time. And that has completely recashed all my priorities,” he said. “I remember the first hour, I felt this neurochemical change and it happened so quickly. I said to myself, oh, I like to observe this. As, I am like a neurochemical piracy, but I notice it.

Chang pressed Altman on the way in which or not at all, the experience of parenting has changed its perspective on the construction of advanced artificial intelligence. “Many people have said, I am very happy that you have a child, because I think you will make better decisions for humanity as a whole,” said Altman. “I really wanted to get there before, and do my best. I always really want to do it now. ”

His decision -making capacities were both welcomed and criticized throughout his mandate as CEO of Openai. In November 2023, Altman was ousted by the Board of Directors of Openai, which cited a lack of confidence in its leadership and raised concerns about its transparency, communication and business security processes.

The former member of the board of directors, Helen Toner, allegedly alleged that Altman had retained information from the board of directors, provided “inaccurate information on the small number of formal security processes” and engaged in manipulative behavior and psychological abuses. However, Altman was reintegrated less than a week later after the outcry of employees and investors, while a subsequent survey concluded that his behavior “had not obliged the withdrawal”.

Despite the controversy, Altman’s boosters say that the CEO has played a decisive role in the success of OpenAi’s financial success, helping him go from a non -profit research laboratory to a world leader in artificial intelligence, by inaugurating commercial success like Chatgpt and by forging high -level partnerships.

Altman’s reflections as a new parent come as Optai quickly widens his ambitions, including the Stargate initiative supported by President Trump, which he called “the biggest history infrastructure project” in the Bloomberg interview.

Stargate, for the uninitiated, is the new generation of OPENAI data center project designed to meet the growing demand for AI calculation power. It is envisaged as a cornerstone for the future of AI development, both in terms of scale and technological innovation.

Asked on the scale and the speed of change in the AI ​​sector, Altman compared the experience to “Watch your own child growing day by day.” You see all the change. And so it is, like, not as striking. It seems that it goes very quickly. ”

That said, Altman recently admitted that AI could be in a bubble, which sent actions in shock for a few days.

You can look at the full interview between Sam Altman and Emily Chang below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytu0ak4goym

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