Although reading has lost weight compared to other forms of entertainment or training due to the rise of new technologies and platforms, reading continues to be one of the favorite pastimes of many people, as well as one of the most powerful ways to increase your knowledge and grow as person.
This is crucial to reaching the top, and Sam Altman is one of these trendy people thanks to being one of the drivers of the “Age of Artificial Intelligence” with OpenAI and its ChatGPT. And the CEO and founder of the most famous chatbot company of the moment Not only has he known how to find a product that society needed, but he has known how to launch and present his product in the best possible way to take it to the top.
Obviously the books you have read are not the key or the only reason for OpenAI’s success, But surely these readings have given Altman a vision of the world and society that have contributed in some way to getting to where he is. For this reason, Blinkist has compiled some of the readings most recommended by him from interviews, publications on social networks and articles.
1. Thinking fast and slow, by Daniel Kahneman
This Nobel Prize-winning research explores how our brains think and make decisions, how we process information, and why intuition is sometimes less reliable than thoughtful analysis. Aspects that are crucial to leading a company at the level of OpenAI.
2. From zero to one: how to invent the future, by Peter Thiel
The focus of this book is to change the way you think about innovation and creativity. And it has an unconventional approach to innovation where Thiel maintains that it is more important to create something new than to improve something that already exists.
3. The Beginning of Infinity, by David Deutsch
In this book Deutsch argues that there are no limits to what we can achieve if we use our mind to its full potential, he talks about the power of reason and human imagination. It has a tone that will make you rethink what your limits are and how far your potential can go.
4. Superintelligence: Paths, dangers, strategies, by Nick Bostrom
This book is an analysis of the future of AI and humans, considering both the positive and negative aspects and what we can do. Here Bostrom analyzes the possibility of machines becoming more intelligent than humans and offers options so that this does not happen, something that Altman should be very interested in.
5. Winning: the keys to the success of the most admired executive in the world, by Jack Welch
Jack Welch, ex CEO of General Electric, wrote this book to share his advice for creating an innovative organization that everyone wants to be a part of. It provides insight into what it takes to create a winning team and culture within an organization, much-needed insights for anyone who is a boss or has to manage groups of people.
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