OpenAI's Mira Murati on ChatGPT and the power of curiosity | Behind the Tech with Kevin Scott

Mira Murati is one of the most innovative tech leaders of our time. She has helped to scale OpenAI to the company it is today and lead teams to build innovative technologies and products including ChatGPT, DALL-E, and GPT-4. In this episode, Kevin and Mira discuss how she became interested in the sciences and technology, her innate sense of curiosity which led her to a career in artificial intelligence, and how OpenAI is deploying their technology responsibly for developers and consumers.

Chapters:
0:00 – 2:17 Introduction
2:18 – 6:14 Growing up in Albania
6:15 – 10:53 On the power of boredom
10:54 – 13:24 Sustainability and building a hybrid race car
13:25 – 15:20 On mechanical engineering
15:21 – 16:36 Tesla, autopilot and computer vision
16:37 - 19:13 VR/AR and AI changing how we learn
19:14 - 23:34 Working at Tesla
23:35 - 29:09 Building the Model X
29:10 - 32:54 Asking the right questions
32:55 – 35:47 Working at OpenAI
35:48 – 39:38 Pursuing your passion at work
39:39 – 43:35 Scaling OpenAI
43:36 – 48:20 On saying “no” at work
48:21 – 53:46 ChatGPT, DALL-E, and empowering creativity
53:47 – 55:47 The importance of making AI accessible
55:48 – 1:00:47 Responsible AI and AI’s impact
1:00:48 – 1:05:59 Mira’s hobbies and conclusion


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[gabrielmagurean]

Thank you both for being so honest and human describing the software engineering career in general !❤

[networker]

This is an incredibly valuable conversation that I just sent to all of my four children, asking them to watch closely. Thank you so much to both of you for turning this into a masterpiece of inspiration I hope this will be shown in many many classrooms...

[fransmurati]

What a beautiful, gentle and inspiring humanbeing, her warm smile, must have melt many a hearts.

[abrahammartinez]

Amazing interview, love it!!, just imaging having Mira as a mentor. Indeed and amazing career and example for many people.

[HunaBopa]

Greeting Mira Murati. You are the most smartest woman who fascinated and encouraged me the most about technology. Keep up the good work.

[catsusch]

Thank you, Kevin and Mira for an amazing conversation! As I am a Microsoft employee, a woman in Technology for 38yrs and an owner of one of the earliest Tesla Model 3, I thoroughly enjoyed your conversation. Keep it up, Mira! You are an inspiration for girls and women everywhere!

[SJames]

Mira is so soft spoken and pure smart! Making all of us Albanians proud!

[whitemountainblueocean]

Mira murati you're an inspiration for women in STEM

[Elly_yichendai]

Going on an internship to San Fransisco from Australia, and got asked who I wanted to meet most and I said Mira Murati! 👸✌️

[brinduc]

I have had similar experiences growing up in Romania. Thank you for this interview.

[matt.stevick]

excellent, thank you. she just left openai this past week. i wish her well and hope she stays in the community.

[siegfriedbarfuss]

A brilliant mind and very natural talking her heart and brain without vocal fry …

[TeamBellyConklin]

She is an extraordinary woman, considering the circumstances and not having the opportunity like kids in the other part of Europe or USA.

[sjkirk]

I like how she explains complex topics.

[두용재]

Incredibly exciting and inspiring discussion about our life attitude and change for the coming future. Thanks so much for sharing

[anuragkanguri]

This is one of the interesting interviews I have come across

[SubrataDutta-qw]

Most smartest woman in the world now. Congrats to take the position as a CEO of OpenAI-ChatGpt.

[gerardolopez]

Given recent events this will age very well

[AnibalLopezLenci]

Ojalá el entrevistador hubiera hablado menos. Preguntas demasiado largas con la respuesta incluida 😂😂. Gran persona Mira Murati. Una genio. El mundo está mejor con personas como ella 😊😮

[XShollaj]

You go Mira - An excellent role model and example for young girls worldwide to follow their dreams and lead the way of progress and innovation.