Sam Altman

I think the most interesting companies are the ones that seem crazy at first.

I think people should be allowed to own guns, but I also think we should have mandatory gun insurance.

I think the best founders are slightly delusional.

I think the world would be a better place if more people took LSD.

I think the most underrated skill is the ability to change your mind.

I think the best way to predict the future is to invent it.

I think the best way to get rich is to create value.

I think the most important thing is to be relentlessly resourceful.

I think the best way to learn is to teach.

I think the most important thing is to be willing to be wrong.

It is not a given that humanity survives. We have a lot of work to do.

I think AI is going to be the most powerful technology humanity has ever invented. And we should treat it with the appropriate amount of awe and fear.

The future of AI is not going to be about making humans obsolete, it's going to be about making humans superpowered.

I think the most important thing right now is to figure out how to make AI safe.

I'm worried about the possibility of AI becoming a totalitarian tool.

We need to figure out how to distribute the benefits of AI broadly.

I think we're going to see a lot of job disruption from AI.

The biggest mistake people make is not starting.

I think the default answer for humanity is extinction.

We're building something that could change the world in a really big way.