Sam Altman: OpenAI, GPT-5, Sora, Board Saga, Elon Musk, Ilya, Power & AGI | Lex Fridman Podcast #419

Here are the timestamps. Please check out our sponsors to support this podcast. Transcript: lexfridman.com/sam-altman-2-transcript 0:00 - Introduction & sponsor mentions: - Cloaked: cloaked.com/lex and use code LexPod to get 25% off - Shopify: shopify.com/lex to get $1 per month trial - BetterHelp: betterhelp.com/lex to get 10% off - ExpressVPN: expressvpn.com/lexpod to get 3 months free 1:05 - OpenAI board saga 18:31 - Ilya Sutskever 24:40 - Elon Musk lawsuit 34:32 - Sora 44:23 - GPT-4 55:32 - Memory & privacy 1:02:36 - Q* 1:06:12 - GPT-5 1:09:27 - $7 trillion of compute 1:17:35 - Google and Gemini 1:28:40 - Leap to GPT-5 1:32:24 - AGI 1:50:57 - Aliens

I think I speak for everybody when I say, get Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang on the podcast!

Don't know why but I get a bad vibe from this guy

I love Lex poked from every angle trying to get Sam to talk about about the openAI drama, and all responded with deplomatic answers or redirections. But then he asked how Sam felt, his personal feeling through this whole drama, finally it cracked.

I never thought I would say this but Lex looks more alive than his guest.

Lex is the only channel I check the length of the video thinking: "only" 2 hours? ❤

“Take me through the OpenAI board saga”. My boy Lex got straight to the point XD

Lex you have so transcended any interview of Altmann and any interview about AI. You patiently, empatheticly asked and then let him search internally for his answers, his thinking - good or bad. Thank you sir.

Sam Altman would make a great politician! He talks a lot without actually saying anything.

Would be great to see an up and coming interview with Ilya

Lex asked all the right questions, but I remember nothing from Altman's answers after the interview completes.

Feels like he’s portraying a humble, sensitive persona when he may actually be an egomaniac with unbelievable power at his disposal. Didn’t learn much from this interview, but still engaging and important stuff watching Altman’s communication strategies.

Thank you for this interview 🫶🏻

Lex has gotten more assertive and I'm all here for it. Especially because he's well-informed so it's not just like typical media grandstanding.

Thanks for asking most of the questions we put to you on LinkedIn Lex. Amazing podcast 👏

Thank you Lex. For these long discords to be able to hear and SEE someone's intent

My AI Agent. So his endgame becomes clear. I understand social phobias and fear of deep connection but he just revealed that he wants or is motivated by wanting a personal AI agent that will know literally everything about him and accept and help him - a feeling he wants from people in his life but has not had. This is a frightening motive for creating a “system” that could hold so much harm to human society and life. I didn’t expect to be so alarmed when starting this podcast. Lex has been amazing in this interview.

Lex is basically a really awesome prompt machine! Thanks for this interview.

Everytime I watch Altman I trust him less and less

Evening lads, well, i've watched this twice now...with friends and family. Slightly concerned, as one should be, but this is indeed the world we live in. Thank you Lex for the platforme.🇫🇷🥂