Don’t Pursue the Obvious Ideas - Sam Altman (OpenAI) @ecorner
Don’t Pursue the Obvious Ideas - Sam Altman (OpenAI)  @ecorner
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Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, declines to share AI challenges for new startups to address because, he says, ideas that are obvious enough for someone to publicly share are probably not great startup ideas. He advises aspiring entrepreneurs to chart their own course.

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