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Sam Altman: recommendation

5 Nov 2025 Conversations with Tyler Sam Altman on Trust, Persuasion, and the Future of Intelligence - Live at the Progress Conference

“I think the way to monetize the world’s smartest model is certainly not hotel booking.”

— Sam Altman

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Sam Altman
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recommendation
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5 Nov 2025
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Conversations with Tyler

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…Do you worry about the discrepancy between the fixed upfront cost of making yours the smartest model compared to the very cheap cost of all the competing agent has to do is book it for someone, and how do you use the commissions to pay for making the model smarter, in essence? I think the way to monetize the world’s smartest model is certainly not hotel booking. But you want to do it, nonetheless.…

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