1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,040 RESEARCH AND A CURE. >> THE FACT THAT WE'RE SITTING HERE HAVING A SERIOUS 2 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,040 CONVERSATION ABOUT THE SYSTEMS WE HAVE BUILT TODAY MAYBE BEING 3 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,040 ABLE TO HELP US MAKE PROGRESS AGAINST ALZHEIMER'S IS REALLY QUITE REMARKABLE. 4 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,040 >> Reporter: SAM ALTMAN IS USED TO THINKING BIG WITH THE 5 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,040 CREATION OF CHATGPT, HIS COMPANY, OPEN A.I., IS CHANGING 6 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,040 HOW WE WORK, PLAN AND THINK. NOW ALTMAN WANTS TO HARNESS THE 7 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,040 MASSIVE BRAIN POWER OF A.I. TO SOLVE ONE OF THE BIGGEST 8 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,040 MYSTERIES OF THE HUMAN BRAIN, ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE. 9 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,187 WHY DO YOU THINK A.I. CAN REVOLUTIONIZE ALZHEIMER'S. 10 00:00:00,270 --> 00:00:02,647 >> ALZHEIMER'S IS AN INCREDIBLY COMPLEX DISEASE. 11 00:00:02,730 --> 00:00:07,627 A.I. IS VERY GOOD AT SYNTHESIZING HUGE AMOUNTS OF DATA, BEING AN EXPERT IN 12 00:00:07,710 --> 00:00:12,127 MULTIPLE DIFFERENT FIELDS AND BRINGING TOGETHER THE INSIGHTS ACROSS ALL OF THOSE. 13 00:00:12,210 --> 00:00:14,797 >> Reporter: HIS OPENA.I. FOUNDATION NOW PLEDGING ONE OF 14 00:00:14,880 --> 00:00:17,567 THE LARGEST DONATIONS EVER TO 15 00:00:17,650 --> 00:00:19,267 ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH. 16 00:00:19,350 --> 00:00:22,237 $100 MILLION TO STUDY HOW A.I. 17 00:00:22,320 --> 00:00:27,007 CAN FAST TRACK BETTER DIAGNOSTICS, TREATMENTS AND EVEN 18 00:00:27,090 --> 00:00:30,477 A CURE. WHY ALZHEIMER'S? DID SOMEONE YOU LOVE GET IT? 19 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:34,117 >> THANKFULLY NO, BUT THIS HAS BEEN AN AREA THAT HAS BEEN 20 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:36,587 EXTRAORDINARILY DIFFICULT TO MAKE PROGRESS IN. 21 00:00:36,670 --> 00:00:41,357 WE NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS HAVE MADE A.I. 22 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:43,657 SYSTEMS THAT ARE SMART ENOUGH THAT OUR BEST SCIENTISTS ARE 23 00:00:43,740 --> 00:00:45,397 SAYING THIS CHANGES THE GAME FOR SCIENCE. 24 00:00:45,480 --> 00:00:47,367 THIS MEANS SCIENCE WILL MOVE FASTER. 25 00:00:47,450 --> 00:00:50,967 THESE MODELS ARE DISCOVERING NEW KNOWLEDGE ON THEIR OWN. 26 00:00:51,050 --> 00:00:53,607 THIS IS THE FIRST TIME A TOOL THAT WE HAVE BUILT -- >> WHOA. 27 00:00:53,690 --> 00:00:56,677 >> HUMANS HAVE BUILT, IS AUTONOMOUSLY CONTRIBUTING TO THE 28 00:00:56,760 --> 00:01:00,647 SUM TOTAL OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE. >> Reporter: THE $100 MILLION IN 29 00:01:00,730 --> 00:01:03,017 GRANTS WILL FUND THE WORK OF TOP 30 00:01:03,100 --> 00:01:07,447 ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCHERS, LIKE 31 00:01:07,530 --> 00:01:11,757 UCSF DR. BRUCE MILLER AND SAVANNAH FROM THE ARC INSTITUTE. 32 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:14,427 >> A.I. HAS THE UNIQUE ABILITY TO REALLY MAKE SENSE OF A 33 00:01:14,510 --> 00:01:17,697 DISEASE LIKE ALZHEIMER'S THAT IS SUCH A COMPLEX COMBINATION OF 34 00:01:17,780 --> 00:01:22,567 RISK FACTORS LIKE DIABETES OR HEART DISEASE, EXERCISE, GENDER, 35 00:01:22,650 --> 00:01:25,197 AGE. >> SAM ALTMAN SAID THAT A.I. 36 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:27,907 WILL BE DIFFERENT TACKLING ALZHEIMER'S BECAUSE IT WILL BE 37 00:01:27,990 --> 00:01:30,677 ABLE TO READ THE MILLIONS OF PIECES OF DATA. 38 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:34,307 >> YES. >> FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD AND 39 00:01:34,390 --> 00:01:38,847 BE ABLE TO FIND THE LITTLE NUGGETS IN ALL OF IT THAT MIGHT 40 00:01:38,930 --> 00:01:41,547 HAVE MISSED THE HUMAN EYE. >> I TOTALLY AGREE. 41 00:01:41,630 --> 00:01:46,227 I THINK WE ARE SO SILOED. A LABORATORY WILL DO A SET OF 42 00:01:46,310 --> 00:01:49,597 EXPERIMENTS, THE RESULTS WILL BE BRILLIANT AND NO ONE ELSE WILL SEE IT. 43 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:54,227 BUT TO HAVE US UNIFIED AND TO HAVE ALL OF THAT DATA ANALYZED 44 00:01:54,310 --> 00:01:58,397 IN A WAY WE'VE NEVER DONE BEFORE, I THINK THAT'S REVOLUTIONARY. 45 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:02,777 >> Reporter: AT MAN SAYS SOLVING ALZHEIMER'S IS ONLY THE 46 00:02:02,860 --> 00:02:03,037 BEGINNING. 47 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:05,747 HIS FOUNDATION VOWING TO PLEDGE 48 00:02:05,830 --> 00:02:09,877 $25 BILLION TO LIFE SCIENCES AND 49 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:13,747 CURING DISEASES, AS WELL AS TO PROTECTING SOCIETY FROM THE MISUSES OF A.I. 50 00:02:13,830 --> 00:02:16,857 WHAT CAN YOU SAY TO PEOPLE WHO 51 00:02:16,940 --> 00:02:20,887 GO, ASSURE ME THAT HUMANITY IS NOT GOING TO BE ANNIHILATED IN 52 00:02:20,970 --> 00:02:23,497 THESE MACHINES ARE GOING TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD. 53 00:02:23,580 --> 00:02:28,667 >> NOT EVERY TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE HAS BEEN GOOD FOR HUMANITY ON THE WHOLE, FOR SURE 54 00:02:28,750 --> 00:02:31,167 THERE WILL BE JOBS THAT A.I. DOES ENTIRELY AND SOCIETY WILL 55 00:02:31,250 --> 00:02:33,967 HAVE TO EVOLVE TO BE RESILIENT. 56 00:02:34,050 --> 00:02:36,537 >> Reporter: ALTMAN HIMSELF IS LEARNING RESILIENCE. 57 00:02:36,620 --> 00:02:38,377 THIS RECENT STORY IN THE NEW 58 00:02:38,460 --> 00:02:43,977 YORKER QUESTIONING CAN HE BE TRUSTED WITH THE REINS OF A.I. 59 00:02:44,060 --> 00:02:47,247 >> ATTACK ON THE HOME OF ONE OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN TECH. 60 00:02:47,330 --> 00:02:51,617 >> Reporter: EARLIER THIS MONTH HIS SAN FRANCISCO HOME WAS ATTACKED BY AGITATORS. 61 00:02:51,700 --> 00:02:55,527 IN RESPONSE, ALTMAN POSTING THIS PHOTO OF HIS HUSBAND AND THEIR 62 00:02:55,610 --> 00:02:59,167 1-YEAR-OLD SON, WRITING HE HOPED IT MIGHT DISSUADE THE NEXT 63 00:02:59,250 --> 00:03:02,467 PERSON FROM THROWING A MOLOTOV COCKTAIL AT OUR HOUSE NO MATTER 64 00:03:02,550 --> 00:03:06,307 WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT ME. >> PEOPLE LOOK AT YOU, YOU'RE 40 65 00:03:06,390 --> 00:03:11,307 YEARS OLD, THEY'VE READ THAT YOU'RE MAYBE NOT TRUSTWORTHY, 66 00:03:11,390 --> 00:03:14,247 THAT MAYBE YOU'RE TOO YOUNG. WHO ARE YOU TO HAVE THIS KIND OF 67 00:03:14,330 --> 00:03:16,677 POWER IN THE HANDS OF ONE PERSON? 68 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:18,917 >> I DON'T THINK THIS MUCH POWER SHOULD BE IN THE HANDS OF ONE 69 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:22,717 PERSON NOR DO I THINK IT IS. WE ARE GOING TO PUT A.I. IN THE HANDS OF PEOPLE. 70 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:26,557 EARLY, OFTEN, SO THAT SOCIETY CAN TAKE THIS TECHNOLOGY AND 71 00:03:26,640 --> 00:03:28,697 BUILD ALL THE THINGS ON TOP OF IT. 72 00:03:28,780 --> 00:03:31,497 NOW, THAT IS MESSY, THINGS WILL GO WRONG. 73 00:03:31,580 --> 00:03:35,097 >> BUT WHAT ABOUT THE PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY THAT COMES WITH IT? 74 00:03:35,180 --> 00:03:39,007 >> I DON'T FEEL RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERYTHING EVERYBODY WILL DO WITH A.I., OF COURSE. 75 00:03:39,090 --> 00:03:43,707 BUT I FEEL TREMENDOUSLY RESPONSIBLE FOR PUTTING THIS 76 00:03:43,790 --> 00:03:46,877 TECHNOLOGY OUT INTO THE WORLD IN THE BEST WAY THAT WE CAN WHERE 77 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:49,247 EVERYBODY IS CAN FLOURISH. >> SO YOU SLEEP? 78 00:03:49,330 --> 00:03:52,147 >> NOT SUPER GREAT. 79 00:03:52,230 --> 00:03:56,487 BUT IT'S VERY BUSY TIME. 80 00:03:56,570 --> 00:03:59,627 >> INTERESTING CONVERSATION. MARIA, WHEN IT COMES TO THE $100 81 00:03:59,710 --> 00:04:02,557 MILLION DONATION, HOW QUICKLY DO RESEARCHERS THINK THIS COULD 82 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:05,857 ACTUALLY LEAD TO ADVANCEMENTS THAT PEOPLE COULD SEE? 83 00:04:05,940 --> 00:04:10,397 >> WELL, SAVANNAH, THOSE WE SPOKE TO SAY NEW TREATMENTS COULD COME SOON. 84 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:12,907 WHAT THAT MEANS A YEAR OR TWO, THEY DON'T REALLY SAY. 85 00:04:12,990 --> 00:04:17,637 BUT THEY BELIEVE THAT THE HELP -- WITH THE HELP OF A.I. A 86 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:20,477 CURE COULD BE ACTUALLY POSSIBLE WITHIN A DECADE. 87 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:25,647 ALTMAN SAYS HE'S VERY HOPEFUL AND THAT IS HUGE NEWS IN THE 88 00:04:25,730 --> 00:04:29,917 ALZHEIMER'S SPACE. GUYS, THERE'S ANOTHER MAJOR STORY LINE INVOLVING ALTMAN 89 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:35,757 TODAY. A HIGH STAKES LAWSUIT BROUGHT BY ELON MUSK AGAINST OPEN A.I. IS 90 00:04:35,840 --> 00:04:38,697 GOING TO TRIAL TODAY. MUSK IS ONE OF THE MAIN FUNDERS 91 00:04:38,780 --> 00:04:40,827 OF THE COMPANY WHEN IT BEGAN AS A NON-PROFIT. 92 00:04:40,910 --> 00:04:43,397 BUT HE'S NOW SUING SAYING HE WAS 93 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:48,207 MISLED ABOUT THE COMPANY'S PLANS TO TRANSITION INTO A FOR PROFIT COMPANY. 94 00:04:48,290 --> 00:04:50,150 SO WE'LL KEEP OUR EYES ON AL