Evidence receipt / belief
Published · transcript-backedSam Altman: belief
18 Mar 2024 Lex Fridman Podcast #419 – Sam Altman: OpenAI, GPT-5, Sora, Board Saga, Elon Musk, Ilya, Power & AGI
“I was so caught off guard that it has definitely changed, and I really don’t like this, it’s definitely changed how I think about just default trust of people and planning for the bad scenarios.”
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- Speaker
- Sam Altman
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- Claim type
- belief
- Recorded
- 18 Mar 2024
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- Lex Fridman Podcast
Transcript context
…Just on a personal level? Yes. I think I’m like an extremely trusting person. I’ve always had a life philosophy of don’t worry about all of the paranoia. Don’t worry about the edge cases. You get a little bit screwed in exchange for getting to live with your guard down. And this was so shocking to me. I was so caught off guard that it has definitely changed, and I really don’t like this, it’s definitely changed how I think about just default trust of people and planning for the bad scenarios. You got to be careful with that. Are you worried about becoming a little too cynical?…
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