The items below are things Mira Murati said in interviews about building frontier AI systems, human-AI collaboration and leading an AI lab. — Thinking Machines’ Murati on AI’s Next Chapter, auto-generated captions.

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On the Transformative Power of AI

  1. On Models That Are Deaf and Blind: In an interview about Thinking Machines and the next chapter of AI, Murati said: "while they're thinking, it's almost like they're deaf and blind". — Thinking Machines’ Murati on AI’s Next Chapter, auto-generated captions.
  2. On Time-Based Interaction: In an interview about Thinking Machines and the next chapter of AI, Murati said: "They're more like time based interaction where they're continuously taking in audio, text, video, and continuously providing output". — Thinking Machines’ Murati on AI’s Next Chapter, auto-generated captions.
  3. On Silence and Interruption: In an interview about Thinking Machines and the next chapter of AI, Murati said: "There is a lot of information in our interactions when we are silent, when we're thinking, when we're interrupting one another". — Thinking Machines’ Murati on AI’s Next Chapter, auto-generated captions.
  4. On a Positive-Sum Frontier: In an interview about Thinking Machines and the next chapter of AI, Murati said: "advancing the frontier of AI is incredibly positive sum". — Thinking Machines’ Murati on AI’s Next Chapter, auto-generated captions.
  5. On Plurality: In an interview about Thinking Machines and the next chapter of AI, Murati said: "Having plurality of perspectives, of ways of building technology, different products is great for the world". — Thinking Machines’ Murati on AI’s Next Chapter, auto-generated captions.

On Human-AI Collaboration

  1. On How We Build and Deploy: In an interview about Thinking Machines and the next chapter of AI, Murati said: "The way that we go about building it and deploying the systems really matters". — Thinking Machines’ Murati on AI’s Next Chapter, auto-generated captions.
  2. On Intelligence Closer to Knowledge: In an interview about Thinking Machines and the next chapter of AI, Murati said: "bringing the machine intelligence closer to where the knowledge is". — Thinking Machines’ Murati on AI’s Next Chapter, auto-generated captions.
  3. On Tools for Thought: In an interview about Thinking Machines and the next chapter of AI, Murati said: "building frontier AI systems more like tools for thought". — Thinking Machines’ Murati on AI’s Next Chapter, auto-generated captions.
  4. On Roman Numerals: In an interview about Thinking Machines and the next chapter of AI, Murati said: "imagine if you had to do your multiplication with Roman numerals, it would be miserable". — Thinking Machines’ Murati on AI’s Next Chapter, auto-generated captions.
  5. On Expanding What We Think About: In an interview about Thinking Machines and the next chapter of AI, Murati said: "this possibility to expand what we think about". — Thinking Machines’ Murati on AI’s Next Chapter, auto-generated captions.

On Responsible AI Development and Ethics

  1. On Running Toward Something: In an interview about Thinking Machines and the next chapter of AI, Murati said: "I most definitely was running towards something once I figured out what the thing was". — Thinking Machines’ Murati on AI’s Next Chapter, auto-generated captions.
  2. On Orienting a Company Around Conviction: In an interview about Thinking Machines and the next chapter of AI, Murati said: "having a company like Thinking Machines gives us an opportunity to focus on where we have the highest conviction and build and orient the entire company around that conviction". — Thinking Machines’ Murati on AI’s Next Chapter, auto-generated captions.
  3. On Character and Micro Decisions: In an interview about Thinking Machines and the next chapter of AI, Murati said: "the integrity, character, values of the people matter a lot because there are a lot of decisions, micro decisions you have to make every day, and you have to trust your team that they're making the right calls". — Thinking Machines’ Murati on AI’s Next Chapter, auto-generated captions.
  4. On Governance Not Hinging on One Person: In an interview about Thinking Machines and the next chapter of AI, Murati said: "the structure of governance and decision-making should not hinge on one person. There should be checks and balances". — Thinking Machines’ Murati on AI’s Next Chapter, auto-generated captions.
  5. On Morality Not Being Everything: In an interview about Thinking Machines and the next chapter of AI, Murati said: "morality is not everything. You have to think about the actual, you know, decision-making structures and transparency and governance". — Thinking Machines’ Murati on AI’s Next Chapter, auto-generated captions.
  6. On Humans in the Loop as a Checkpoint: In an interview about Thinking Machines and the next chapter of AI, Murati said: "it sounds like a checkpoint where we're signing off something and then you're good to go". — Thinking Machines’ Murati on AI’s Next Chapter, auto-generated captions.
  7. On a Tandem Bike: In an interview about Thinking Machines and the next chapter of AI, Murati said: "creating systems that are not just like autonomously advancing and leaving civilization behind, but are more like a tandem bike". — Thinking Machines’ Murati on AI’s Next Chapter, auto-generated captions.
  8. On Designing for Collaboration: In an interview about Thinking Machines and the next chapter of AI, Murati said: "It's a system designed for collaboration". — Thinking Machines’ Murati on AI’s Next Chapter, auto-generated captions.
  9. On Compressed Progress: In an interview about Thinking Machines and the next chapter of AI, Murati said: "when you're trying to compress progress in such a short amount of time, things that happen in other startups, companies over the course of 10 years, 5 years, both good and bad, are going to happen in the course of a few months". — Thinking Machines’ Murati on AI’s Next Chapter, auto-generated captions.
  10. On Agency in How We Build: In an interview about Thinking Machines and the next chapter of AI, Murati said: "we actually have a lot of agency in how we build this technology, in the tools that we're building, how we're deploying it". — Thinking Machines’ Murati on AI’s Next Chapter, auto-generated captions.

On the Future of Work and Creativity

  1. On Reducing Discontinuity: In an interview about Thinking Machines and the next chapter of AI, Murati said: "the more that we can reduce the discontinuity that comes from new capabilities and huge change in capabilities, the better". — Thinking Machines’ Murati on AI’s Next Chapter, auto-generated captions.
  2. On Keeping Humans in the Loop: In an interview about Thinking Machines and the next chapter of AI, Murati said: "keeping humans in the loop for as long as we can and really making sure that this period is actually very meaningful". — Thinking Machines’ Murati on AI’s Next Chapter, auto-generated captions.
  3. On Not Being a Normal Company: In an interview about Thinking Machines and the next chapter of AI, Murati said: "we're not a normal company and so we do need a lot of capital". — Thinking Machines’ Murati on AI’s Next Chapter, auto-generated captions.
  4. On Not Thinking About Killing the Competitor: In an interview about Thinking Machines and the next chapter of AI, Murati said: "when I wake up in the morning, I am not thinking about how to kill the competitor". — Thinking Machines’ Murati on AI’s Next Chapter, auto-generated captions.
  5. On Long-Term Success: In an interview about Thinking Machines and the next chapter of AI, Murati said: "the decisions that we make today being good for our long-term success". — Thinking Machines’ Murati on AI’s Next Chapter, auto-generated captions.

On the Technical Aspects of AI

  1. On Resisting Short-Term Pressure: In an interview about Thinking Machines and the next chapter of AI, Murati said: "really resisting the short-term pressures". — Thinking Machines’ Murati on AI’s Next Chapter, auto-generated captions.
  2. On Agency and Dignity: In an interview about Thinking Machines and the next chapter of AI, Murati said: "a sense of agency, a sense of dignity". — Thinking Machines’ Murati on AI’s Next Chapter, auto-generated captions.
  3. On Interacting Versus Being Told: In an interview about Thinking Machines and the next chapter of AI, Murati said: "everyone kind of understanding what it is by interacting with it versus being told what AI can do". — Thinking Machines’ Murati on AI’s Next Chapter, auto-generated captions.
  4. On the Intersection of Technology and Applications: In a Dartmouth Engineering conversation, Murati said: "my career has always been kind of at the intersection of technology and various applications". — A Conversation with Mira Murati, CTO of OpenAI (Full Interview), Dartmouth Engineering, auto-generated captions.
  5. On Commercializing AI Being Hard: In a Dartmouth Engineering conversation, Murati said: "it's actually very very difficult to commercialize AI technology". — A Conversation with Mira Murati, CTO of OpenAI (Full Interview), Dartmouth Engineering, auto-generated captions.
  6. On Starting From Capabilities: In a Dartmouth Engineering conversation, Murati said: "you're starting from capabilities you're starting from a technology you're not starting from what is a problem in the world that I'm trying to address". — A Conversation with Mira Murati, CTO of OpenAI (Full Interview), Dartmouth Engineering, auto-generated captions.
  7. On Safety Not Being an Afterthought: In a Dartmouth Engineering conversation, Murati said: "these things are not an afterthought". — A Conversation with Mira Murati, CTO of OpenAI (Full Interview), Dartmouth Engineering, auto-generated captions.

On Leadership and Innovation

  1. On Safety and Capability Together: In a Dartmouth Engineering conversation, Murati said: "they're actually not separate domains they go hand in hand". — A Conversation with Mira Murati, CTO of OpenAI (Full Interview), Dartmouth Engineering, auto-generated captions.
  2. On a Smarter Dog: In a Dartmouth Engineering conversation, Murati said: "it's sort of like training you know a smarter dog versus a Dumber dog". — A Conversation with Mira Murati, CTO of OpenAI (Full Interview), Dartmouth Engineering, auto-generated captions.
  3. On Zero Risk: In a Dartmouth Engineering conversation, Murati said: "I think it's not possible to have zero risk". — A Conversation with Mira Murati, CTO of OpenAI (Full Interview), Dartmouth Engineering, auto-generated captions.
  4. On Minimizing Risk: In a Dartmouth Engineering conversation, Murati said: "it's really a question of how do you minimize risk". — A Conversation with Mira Murati, CTO of OpenAI (Full Interview), Dartmouth Engineering, auto-generated captions.
  5. On Doing the Work Before Regulating: In a Dartmouth Engineering conversation, Murati said: "to actually do the work understand what it means in practice". — A Conversation with Mira Murati, CTO of OpenAI (Full Interview), Dartmouth Engineering, auto-generated captions.
  6. On Good for Everything: In a Dartmouth Engineering conversation, Murati said: "I would say everything so just try it". — A Conversation with Mira Murati, CTO of OpenAI (Full Interview), Dartmouth Engineering, auto-generated captions.
  7. On Lower-Risk Use Cases First: In a Dartmouth Engineering conversation, Murati said: "first you want to understand and bring it in use cases that are lower risk medium risk". — A Conversation with Mira Murati, CTO of OpenAI (Full Interview), Dartmouth Engineering, auto-generated captions.
  8. On the Mission Not Changing: In a Dartmouth Engineering conversation, Murati said: "the mission hasn't changed the structure has changed". — A Conversation with Mira Murati, CTO of OpenAI (Full Interview), Dartmouth Engineering, auto-generated captions.

On the Future of Education

  1. On Building on Decades of Work: In a Dartmouth Engineering conversation, Murati said: "it's not something radically new in a sense we're building on decades and Decades of human endeavor". — A Conversation with Mira Murati, CTO of OpenAI (Full Interview), Dartmouth Engineering, auto-generated captions.
  2. On Data, Compute and Deep Learning: In a Dartmouth Engineering conversation, Murati said: "this formula actually works really well data compute and deep learning". — A Conversation with Mira Murati, CTO of OpenAI (Full Interview), Dartmouth Engineering, auto-generated captions.
  3. On Scaling Laws Not Being Laws: In a Dartmouth Engineering conversation, Murati said: "they're not actual laws it's essentially like a statistical prediction of the capability of the model improving as you put in more data and more compute". — A Conversation with Mira Murati, CTO of OpenAI (Full Interview), Dartmouth Engineering, auto-generated captions.
  4. On Partners Finding It Hard: In a Dartmouth Engineering conversation, Murati said: "commercial Partners take it and go build amazing products on top of it and then we found out that that's actually very hard". — A Conversation with Mira Murati, CTO of OpenAI (Full Interview), Dartmouth Engineering, auto-generated captions.

On Her New Venture: Thinking Machines Lab

  1. On Building Safety Alongside: In a Dartmouth Engineering conversation, Murati said: "you kind of have to build them alongside the technology and actually in a deeply embedded way to get it right". — A Conversation with Mira Murati, CTO of OpenAI (Full Interview), Dartmouth Engineering, auto-generated captions.
  2. On Directing a Smarter System: In a Dartmouth Engineering conversation, Murati said: "it's much easier to direct a smarter system by telling it okay just don't do these things". — A Conversation with Mira Murati, CTO of OpenAI (Full Interview), Dartmouth Engineering, auto-generated captions.
  3. On Bringing Governments Along: In a Dartmouth Engineering conversation, Murati said: "it's very important to bring them along and give them early access to things". — A Conversation with Mira Murati, CTO of OpenAI (Full Interview), Dartmouth Engineering, auto-generated captions.
  4. On Regulating Frontier Models: In a Dartmouth Engineering conversation, Murati said: "we've been advocating for more regulation on the frontier models". — A Conversation with Mira Murati, CTO of OpenAI (Full Interview), Dartmouth Engineering, auto-generated captions.
  5. On Breadth in the Ecosystem: In a Dartmouth Engineering conversation, Murati said: "I think it's good to allow for a lot of breadth and richness in the ecosystem". — A Conversation with Mira Murati, CTO of OpenAI (Full Interview), Dartmouth Engineering, auto-generated captions.
  6. On Not Being Predestined: In an interview about Thinking Machines and the next chapter of AI, Murati said: "it's not a predestined outcome". — Thinking Machines’ Murati on AI’s Next Chapter, auto-generated captions.
  1. On a High Barrier to Entry: In an interview about Thinking Machines and the next chapter of AI, Murati said: "I think the barrier to entry is incredibly high". — Thinking Machines’ Murati on AI’s Next Chapter, auto-generated captions.