Sam Altman has been making the news as the AI revolution is taking the world by storm. Read to know more about the king of Artificial intelligence.
The Story of Sam Altman
Sam Altman is the face of the Artificial Intelligence revolution with his company OpenAI and has been taking the world by storm. He describes himself as an investor, programmer, and entrepreneur. He was the president of Y Combinator (YC) and served as the CEO of Reddit for a short time. During his time at YC, he helped in launching and supported the successful launch of several startups such as Stripe, Reddit, Airbnb, and Dropbox. Later in 2005, he co-founded Loopt before becoming the CEO of OpenAI. Since the launch of ChatGPT, OpenAI’s chatbot, Altman has been working on expanding his tech empire.
Cryptocurrency is the latest space that Sam Altman is exploring. It is a tech-savvy firm believed to be using iris-scanning technology for authenticating individuals. According to reports, Altman is close to his goal of raising funding worth £100 million for Worldcoin. Worldcoin, founded in early 2020, is his crypto initiative. The firm is aiming “to provide a fraction of a digital token to every person worldwide”.
More on the AI tech world
Sam Altman is currently leading a form of technology with potential that he knows little about. Some believe AI is a ticking bomb and one of the biggest threats to humanity. Several governments are calling for action on regulating the new technology. ” think if this technology goes wrong, it can go quite wrong. We want to be vocal about that. We want to work with the government to prevent that from happening,” stated Altman. He supports governmental intervention in new technology. While ChatGPT has begun impacting everyday life, it is threatening several jobs. The tech is blamed for rising misinformation on the internet and displaying bias.
