“And also something that people forget is that when OpenAI launched, it got mostly negative press. But by and large, most people, especially the AI researcher establishment in academia and in other companies, mostly just like were extremely negative on the idea that a bunch of like twenty somethings could create AGI. They're like, you know, we're the experts in this. We've been doing this for like 50 years. If there was a way to do it, we would have already done it. These kids don't know anything.”
Find one in ten believers, not ten in ten approvers
“I mean, nine out of 10 people might tell you you're stupid or crazy, but then one out of 10 people might be exactly the person who believes what you believe. And then you're contrary and you become right, because it's necessary to actually attract and be a magnet in the world for all the people who agree with you. The only people that matter are the people who you care about, who have certain problems and your ability to solve it and your ability to attract all the other people who want to solve those problems too.”
