OpenAI President Greg Brockman: AI Self-Improvement, The Superapp Bet, Path To AGI, Scaling Compute
4/1/20261 hr 15 min
Greg Brockman is the President and co-founder of OpenAI. Brockman joins Big Technology to discuss OpenAI’s product strategy, the rise of its coming super app, and why he believes AI is entering a new takeoff phase. Tune in to hear Brockman explain OpenAI's bet on the GPT reasoning model tree over video generation, what the "Spud" pre-training run means for upcoming models, and why he believes AGI is 70-80% achieved. We also cover the competitive landscape, the economics behind OpenAI's $110 billion infrastructure bet, and public skepticism toward AI. Hit play for one of the most revealing conversations yet about where AI is headed and what it means for everyone. Join our June 18 event here: https://luma.com/q1tngaw7https://luma.com/q1tngaw7
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First 90 secondsGreg Brockman· Guest0:00
I think it's extremely clear that we are going to have AGI within the next couple years in a way that is still gonna be jagged but that the, the floor of task will just be almost for any intellectual task of how you use your computer, the AI will be able to do that. The scariest moment at OpenAI was actually after we launched ChatGPT, and I remember being at the holiday party and just feeling this vibe of we've won, and I have never felt that. I was like, "No, that we, we are the underdog, and we always have been." From the moment we launched ChatGPT, I remember talking with my team, having this exact conversation where they said, "How much compute should we buy?" And I said, "All of it." They said, "No, no, no. Really, how much compute should we buy?" I said, "No matter how much we try to build, I know we're not going to be able to keep up with the demand."
Alex Kantrowitz· Host0:46
OpenAI co-founder and president Greg Brockman joins us to talk about AI's most promising opportunities, how OpenAI plans to capitalize on them, and what the super app is all about. And Greg is with us here in studio today. Greg, great to see you.
Greg Brockman· Guest1:00
Thank you for having me.
Alex Kantrowitz· Host1:02
Well, we're speaking at a time where OpenAI is shutting down video generation and focusing its energies on a super app, which is going to combine business and coding use cases. And I think from the outside, those of us watching this are like, including myself, OpenAI is winning in consumer, and now it's shifting its resources. What is happening?
Greg Brockman· Guest1:26
Well, the way I would think about this is that we have been in a world