Topic

Research Management

Latest viewpoints

OpenAI had to replace missing customer feedback

Altman says OpenAI's early research organization could not follow normal startup advice because it went years without a product, forcing the team to invent objective signals for measuring research progress.

Sam Altman Research Management Source at 69:55

OpenAI's early direction emerged through experimentation

Altman describes OpenAI's first years as uncertain and exploratory, with the team initially lacking a clear operating plan and learning through repeated attempts that failed before a productive research direction emerged.

Sam Altman Research Management Source at 73:03

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