Sam Altman on Why Mathematicians Are Angry About AI Math, Chips Bets and AI Consciousness
josh_bickett · x · 2026-10-22
Matthew Berman publishes a long-form interview with Sam Altman covering why mathematicians reacted angrily to OpenAI solving math problems, why AI hasn't killed coding jobs, ChatGPT being too agreeable, OpenAI's bet on custom chips and cheaper compute, and Sam's worries about the AI consciousness debate.
Other topics include personal AI assistants, when AI will discover new treatments, and Altman's philosophy of picking the big thing to work on.
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