The CEO of the famous OpenAI firm is raising eyebrows after it highlighted Silicon Valley as a place that lacked innovation.
Sam Altman taking a dig at the tech world in this manner was not something that many saw coming and now, the news has people talking for obvious reasons.
There was a particular mention of how the institution has something missing and that includes research that used to be conducted to drive the innovation culture. But now, we don’t see that anymore.
Altman made the shocking claims during his latest interview for a podcast and it’s definitely something worth mentioning as such bold statements are surely not going to go unnoticed.
However, the statements are being criticized and debated by experts who feel the complete opposite regarding that. However, Altman tried his best to defend all the statements that were coming out of his mouth. In particular, he mentioned how the innovation was there in the past but today, groundbreaking research cannot be found.
Even more shocking and predictable was how he detailed more on the evolution of generative AI technology and tools that really added that oomph factor to Silicon Valley. Before that, he felt there was just something missing.
Altman further explained how the backward shift from innovation was related to Silicon Valley focusing more on developing super profitable firms in the least possible time. And that’s also more due to the internet and the hype with smartphone devices.
But if you think this is the first time that he’s taking a dig at the big tech giants in California and their lack of innovative behavior, then think again.
A couple of years back, he wrote a blog about how the culture in Silicon Valley was not healthy for those businesses moving forward as a startup. This came with plenty of new ideas regarding that front as well.
In that very same post, he spoke about the ease of putting out contentious ideas in places other than the state of California, such as China. During that time, in 2017, he was the head of Y Combinator.
Altman is not alone when it comes to the remarks being put out about Silicon Valley and its uninspiring behavior. So many tech figures do agree with his statements and how critical he is about it.
But the man must know what he’s talking about. After all, he is the head of a popular firm that has witnessed massive growth in no time. Today, the company stands at a whopping estimated value of around $28 billion and these stats were from April of this year.
He is the co-founder of OpenAI too but it was not until 2019 that he came into power as its CEO working in a full-time position. And that was a short time before we saw him put out the massively successful ChatGPT tool for the world to benefit from.
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Sam Altman taking a dig at the tech world in this manner was not something that many saw coming and now, the news has people talking for obvious reasons.
There was a particular mention of how the institution has something missing and that includes research that used to be conducted to drive the innovation culture. But now, we don’t see that anymore.
Altman made the shocking claims during his latest interview for a podcast and it’s definitely something worth mentioning as such bold statements are surely not going to go unnoticed.
However, the statements are being criticized and debated by experts who feel the complete opposite regarding that. However, Altman tried his best to defend all the statements that were coming out of his mouth. In particular, he mentioned how the innovation was there in the past but today, groundbreaking research cannot be found.
Even more shocking and predictable was how he detailed more on the evolution of generative AI technology and tools that really added that oomph factor to Silicon Valley. Before that, he felt there was just something missing.
Altman further explained how the backward shift from innovation was related to Silicon Valley focusing more on developing super profitable firms in the least possible time. And that’s also more due to the internet and the hype with smartphone devices.
But if you think this is the first time that he’s taking a dig at the big tech giants in California and their lack of innovative behavior, then think again.
A couple of years back, he wrote a blog about how the culture in Silicon Valley was not healthy for those businesses moving forward as a startup. This came with plenty of new ideas regarding that front as well.
In that very same post, he spoke about the ease of putting out contentious ideas in places other than the state of California, such as China. During that time, in 2017, he was the head of Y Combinator.
Altman is not alone when it comes to the remarks being put out about Silicon Valley and its uninspiring behavior. So many tech figures do agree with his statements and how critical he is about it.
But the man must know what he’s talking about. After all, he is the head of a popular firm that has witnessed massive growth in no time. Today, the company stands at a whopping estimated value of around $28 billion and these stats were from April of this year.
He is the co-founder of OpenAI too but it was not until 2019 that he came into power as its CEO working in a full-time position. And that was a short time before we saw him put out the massively successful ChatGPT tool for the world to benefit from.
Read next: Generative AI Isn’t So Bad, Claim American Artists In New Open Letter To Congress
