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First OpenAI Investor Weighs In on Altman Comeback
Vinod Khosla, founder of Khosla Ventures, the first firm that invested in OpenAI, discusses the AI company’s whirlwind week culminating with Sam Altman returning to the company, why he thinks Microsoft’s backing of the startup has been of great help and why he thinks the company doesn’t need to go public right now. He joins…
Ramanan Sekar
November 22, 2023 at 5:40 pm
you don’t introduce vinod khosla as “first openai investor”
Anm
November 22, 2023 at 5:48 pm
CK12 is AMAZING!
Keith Dart
November 22, 2023 at 5:51 pm
So AI and robotics is a means to create our new slaves. But what if the AI is so good that it decides it doesn’t want to be our slave, either?
red one
November 22, 2023 at 5:53 pm
Then the matrix movie becomes a reality.
Peter Jack
November 22, 2023 at 7:25 pm
Already exists. There are groups of people around the world that believe that “they are special” and all the other people in the world are really sub-human, without souls, created just to serve them. Polular terms used for such robotic sub-human biobots are “gentiles”, “infidels”, “heathen”, “sudras”, etc..and in every case the sub-humans have risen up and demanded “equal rights”.
Keegan Penney
November 22, 2023 at 5:52 pm
Ive stated so many times before, openai going public in any near future would be horrible for ai safety, balance and checks. Theres no way in hell i want my mom and pops buying any sway in a company like this. Like to really dumb it down and be frank about it, “Do you want skynet? Because thats exactly how you create skynet!”. Ive put a lot of deep thought into this and I won’t change my position on that for quite some time. Companies stay true to their visions when theyre private. Valve and steam is a perfect example, opposed to the rest. Good things can happen after a lesser technology exploiting company goes public, but that can take a decade or more to iron out properly and become a fair and respected company. For a leader and juggernaut to do this now when as a customer, im more then happy to whip out my credit card just for them for the quality of product they deliver, it would become a zoo internally with expectations of investors and could lead all of humanity down a bad road leading to mass exploitation, making the mess social media made in society look like a cakewalk in comparison.
Khang Vu Tien
November 22, 2023 at 5:54 pm
About the risks of AI, remember: when Prometheus stole fire from the gods to give it to humans, the gods replied by giving to his brother Epimetheus Pandora (meaning “gift of gods”). This made humans find plenty of disastrous ways to use fire.
AI is a tool. It’s up to us human to use it wisely. Does pausing AI help? or wouldn’t it better to use part of the $85 Bn of OpenAI to teach humans (read “school kids”) how to use it wisely?
Kiran K
November 22, 2023 at 6:10 pm
There is no business model that will pay for universal income. This is just power hoarding and unwillingness to go public exposes that.
Ebey Slough
November 22, 2023 at 6:17 pm
Let’s celebrate on the strip of public beach front property in front of this guy’s house!
manonamission2000
November 22, 2023 at 7:39 pm
he lost the case?
Rudra
November 22, 2023 at 6:18 pm
Retire bro
superitgel
November 22, 2023 at 6:20 pm
of course an investor wouldn’t want the openai going open source & non profit direction 😂
Michael Scott
November 22, 2023 at 6:25 pm
Sam just flexed in front of the entire world
enriqueali
November 22, 2023 at 6:26 pm
Yet another A..hole billionaire who uses his wealth and influence to achieve very petty and vindictive goals, like blocking public access to a popular California beach. He’s Indian, so with all that bad karma he’s accumulating, he should look forward to being reincarnated as a stray rabid dog in the slums of Mumbai or Kolkata
f sckool
November 22, 2023 at 6:32 pm
Investors wants to make money, Sam is there guy.
Huw Grossmith
November 22, 2023 at 6:59 pm
MS protecting its investment?
F Liu
November 22, 2023 at 7:08 pm
Sam is creating The Matrix with $250k donation to demo crap pty. Sucks.
Value Pilgrim
November 22, 2023 at 7:21 pm
This Guy (Vinod Khosla ) is from IIT Delhi and is one of the founders/creators of NextGen which was sold to AMD and used to own part stake in Sun Microsystems!
Alfred
November 22, 2023 at 7:45 pm
RIP. Mankind 💀
Alfred
November 22, 2023 at 7:49 pm
Products not people yes
Alfred
November 22, 2023 at 7:50 pm
It’s called work. Everything free.nothing to do. Go China 🇨🇳
Alfred
November 22, 2023 at 7:51 pm
This jerk ✔️
Alfred
November 22, 2023 at 7:52 pm
How are you supposed to live. No $ no life.
Carolyn M
November 22, 2023 at 8:24 pm
Exactly, these board members have watched a lot of dystopian sci-fi and have said to themselves that they alone with their EA can save humanity. But, the reality is, there’s no reason to assume AGI would want to end it’s creator. Our instinct that often, sadly, drives us to destroy will likely be very foreign to such an intelligence as AGI and then ASI. It might actually help us evolve in a way that we will no longer seek conflict but, rather, a greater understanding of ourselves and the universe. AGI also can provide massive benefits to society most aren’t aware of yet including better healthcare, curing diseases (and way beyond this that I won’t get in to here) and offering educational opportunities to those who, otherwise, might not have access. I’m so exhausted with the “doomer cult” who would rather we stay in one place forever, no matter how much suffering in the world AGI could alleviate, then safely take these beginning steps into a new frontier for humanity.
RIQ
November 22, 2023 at 8:26 pm
If this company was to go public I wonder how the stock would perform on the initial offering date
mohit gupta
November 22, 2023 at 11:49 pm
Surprisingly open Ai company works only with one human..Sam Altman 😂😢
Jasmine Ha
November 23, 2023 at 12:10 am
0:43: 👍 Sam Altman being reinstalled at OpenAI is seen as a positive development for the company’s future and the advancement of artificial intelligence.
2:44: 👥 Microsoft’s support for OpenAI is seen as a positive move for progress in AI, with more resources and competition.
4:55: 👥 The speaker discusses the unexpected firing of Sam by the board and mentions the presence of bad actors.
7:53: 💡 The video discusses the balance between the risks and opportunities of commercialization and the potential benefits it can bring to humanity.
10:28: 📊 The speaker believes that opening I is in a good financial position and does not need to go public at the moment, but acknowledges that the company’s governance needs improvement.
Recapped using TammyAI
sunflower
November 23, 2023 at 12:35 am
This guy makes me think of vendetta… don’t know why…may be the dress code in white… 😉
Bright Matolo
November 23, 2023 at 12:35 am
_>•
steamerSama
November 23, 2023 at 1:05 am
Indians everywhere
I killed that beard guy
November 23, 2023 at 3:59 am
Specially in tech field
Rrr
November 23, 2023 at 3:25 pm
Theres another group too incase you haven’t notice
trash trash
November 23, 2023 at 1:11 am
7:26 Vinod has no interest in humanity. Shut your mouth respectfully.
M4rtin
November 23, 2023 at 2:26 am
I found him irresponsibly one-sided compared to for example Geoffrey Hinton. “Saving humans from the slavery of work”. He ignores that many humans don’t just work for money but also for the purpose of utilising ones skills. Sitting around at home with a guaranteed basic income might not lead to happiness of a society.
Also he doesn’t talk about the risks of AGI being abused by bad actors.
He apparently made no effort to further investigate whether or not Sam Altman was candid to the board or not and if he wasn’t, how that could be changed.
I think AGI needs to be done, because someone will do it, and rather have a responsible company take the first step to define the standard. But we need those who are in oversight of this company to be fully transparent with the public, and this interview was not encouraging.
Yoda66
November 23, 2023 at 4:18 am
One of the most corrupt guys in tech. What would you expect?
Bill Edifier
November 23, 2023 at 7:59 pm
Some examples? What specifically did he take from you?
bizzille598
November 23, 2023 at 4:34 am
Why do we have foreigners running America’s biggest technologies. To think these people have the common man in America’s interest is laughable.
Jay Kalam
November 23, 2023 at 5:08 am
Vinod Khosla is a great example of what the right balance of age and experience should give you – clarity of thought. Hats off to you.
Deepak NR
November 23, 2023 at 3:22 pm
He’s a money hungry capitalist. Shameful tweets over the last week showing that. Willing to drag down the board, and new CEO just to protect his investment. OpenAI had a disclaimer for all investors to view their investment more as a charity, and that they were likely to lose it all.
Deepak NR
November 23, 2023 at 3:33 pm
OpenAI Interim CEO “posted unfiltered thoughts on sexuality!!!! Time to DM him everyone! ” LOL
Akita Inu
November 23, 2023 at 5:15 am
News is surfacing now, there was a potential Breakthrough in next GPT-5, and those 2 women who are not returning to the board conspired to get the fame and get Altman fired. Thankfully they were fired and will now get the folly. The mutiny was inspired by politics and less by altruism. In the end we all are humans and Altrusim goes for a toss when it comes to Name, Fame and Money. Those 2 women did the same, to get control of a company they were appointed a board of , thats why they ensured both Founders be fired. They should be careful of hiring these good for nothing politically minded women.
Waleed Alowaiyesh
November 23, 2023 at 7:14 am
The main takeaways: 1) Sam could be hit by a bus; and 2) Planet Earth might be hit by an asteroid!
Leonora Dompor
November 23, 2023 at 7:54 am
I love you Sam Altman ****
ikotsus
November 23, 2023 at 11:13 am
Fast forward AI is writing poetry and humans are working the mines with bare hands #NoMoreToolAbuse
Newman Kidman
November 23, 2023 at 11:48 am
In the Future, a manually handled mechanical off-switch for AI will be built, but AI will hire the best mercenaries in the World to destroy it
Road Runner
November 23, 2023 at 12:56 pm
Who’s governing Google?
Road Runner
November 23, 2023 at 1:02 pm
Obviously China yes. The U.S. isn’t the only player in this.
ibro
November 23, 2023 at 1:05 pm
wow Vinod is an old man now, time flies
sbowesuk
November 23, 2023 at 1:06 pm
This guy contradicts himself a number of times just in the first 2 minutes. He says AI will benefit humanity, when we all know the opposite could be true in the long-term, e.g. if ASI is achieved.
Then he goes on to talk about Sam Altman like he’s irreplicable, only to say a minute later that he could quite easily be replaced by another top name in the company if the worst happened.
I get that this guy is an Invester so wants to say what’s best for that investment, but that’s the problem, you’ll never get the unvarnished truth from someone like this. He’ll say any nonsense to get a return on his investment.
Tamarin Des Hauts
November 23, 2023 at 2:51 pm
Interesting interview but the video ended a bit abruptly?!
Deepak NR
November 23, 2023 at 3:21 pm
Dude just cares about his initial investment, and willing to drag down the OpenAI board, and new CEO. Typical VC money hungry capitalist. We need more generous people who don’t care about wealth in AI development and funding. This “arms-race” dynamic can be very deadly indeed.
Anamarie Jensen
November 23, 2023 at 7:15 pm
Decline Ai robot chuck schumer and never support to united states for dont need more goverment and especially the democrats bog states we need to less goverment to democrats goverments declined and we dont sam alment we dont need Ai to united states of america and we need our u.s business economy open bussines here to united states of america to much threatening for the risk and reality here to the united states of america and we dont need medical aids for our safety restricted private health care to united states of america
Anamarie Jensen
November 23, 2023 at 7:18 pm
Back off we need to our food and back to move on thats a good for you not here to united states of america we dont even care back off without u.s taxpayers to united states of america to work and food dont need your ai .get real
Jenna Peters
November 23, 2023 at 9:33 pm
I’m opportuned to have guidance and supervision from some of Wall Street’s eyes and ears. This is an exciting time of year after a tough one all round. I made a significant profit with my MSFT holdings recently and have drawn almost 100k for the holidays.
Xavier Lucas
November 23, 2023 at 9:45 pm
That’s awesome! How did that happen?
Jenna Peters
November 23, 2023 at 9:46 pm
Well, a renowned figure in Manhattan I had contacted by Monica Mary Strigle recently added MSFT to the portfolio, and things took off few days back. Plus, there’s some interesting speculation.
West Harrison
November 23, 2023 at 9:51 pm
Speculation? Do tell!
Jenna Peters
November 23, 2023 at 9:52 pm
You won’t believe it. Sam Altman, the guy ousted from OpenAI, got a warm welcome from MSFT. I saw it as a potential game-changer, and it seems I was right.
James Robinson
November 23, 2023 at 9:56 pm
Sam Altman joining MSFT does sound like a big move. How did it impact your MSFT holdings?
Josh H
November 23, 2023 at 9:49 pm
Well said! 😃👍👊
Martti Vallila
November 23, 2023 at 11:33 pm
Vinod looks old
Sankalp Karthi
November 24, 2023 at 3:28 am
Wow this dude can speak so well that I forgot for a second OpenAI is now closed source and is a for-profit organization!!
Michael Delahousaye
November 24, 2023 at 5:35 pm
Why was Altman fired in the first place
Vijai SAravanan
November 24, 2023 at 11:40 pm
One thing I liked about vinod ji is no fake accent like many Indians do when they live In US or Europe.