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Iteration and technical leadership shaped OpenAI
Iteration and technical leadership shaped OpenAI
Altman says Y Combinator's philosophy of iterative deployment, technical leadership, and backing energetic but less experienced people strongly influenced how OpenAI operates.
- Speaker
- Sam Altman
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- 62:13
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