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Axios interview: Altman sees revenge of "idea guy"

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says this era is bringing the revenge of the "idea guy" — the once-annoying aspiring entrepreneur burbling about their brainstorm with no technical chops to pull it off. Altman says it would be like saying: "I have a great idea for a song. I just need that guy with the guitar to make it for me." "It really did strike me as ridiculous," Altman told me in Chapel Hill, N.C. "But now we're watching a whole generation of people iterate on ideas faster than they ever could. The…

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Axios interview: Altman sees revenge of "idea guy"
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