Sam Altman Says OpenAI o1-preview is deeply flawed [Video]

OpenAI’s o1-preview is generating excitement in the tech world. However, it is still not the epitome of perfection.

In a recent interview, OpenAI chief Sam Altman said “o1-preview is deeply flawed, but when o1 comes out, it will feel like a major leap forward.” Altman looked back at the company’s early years, revealing that it took nearly 4.5 years before OpenAI launched its first product. 

“Our first product, GPT-3, was not something we were particularly proud of at the time,” he admitted. Despite the buzz surrounding GPT-3, the team identified its limitations. After several more iterations, it led to the release of GPT-3.5, ChatGPT, and ultimately GPT-4, before they began to realize the full potential of their work.

Essentially, the company’s vision goes beyond incremental improvements.“We often focus too much on ‘less bad,’ on fixing immediate issues, rather than dreaming of the breakthroughs that could propel humanity to the next level,” …