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2026-09-25 · The Independent · 05:28
“The continuous story of human progress is not the tools replace human agency, it is that the right tools make people more capable, and I believe this is going to go much further than we believe possible.”He believes the right tools make people more capable rather than replacing human agency.
2026-09-16 · Salesforce · 22:03
“we have the ability and the agency to defend against those so that we get to enjoy all of the incredible stuff. And people deserve this.”He believes society can build resilience against AI-enabled attacks and deserves the benefits the technology will bring.
2026-04-27 · TODAY · 00:36
“WE NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS HAVE MADE A.I. SYSTEMS THAT ARE SMART ENOUGH THAT OUR BEST SCIENTISTS ARE SAYING THIS CHANGES THE GAME FOR SCIENCE. THIS MEANS SCIENCE WILL MOVE FASTER.”He believes recent AI systems are smart enough to change and speed up science.
2026-04-06 · ARC Prize · 00:26
“We may be wrong, we may be over-optimistic, but it feels like it's about to be absolutely massive.”He believes the biggest impact of new models will be on accelerating science and the economy.
2026-04-06 · ARC Prize · 20:34
“For the first time in the last few months, I think you can use the latest frontier models hugely accelerate some other kinds of research.”He believes frontier models can hugely accelerate research outside AI, such as physics, mathematics and biology, and that this is underexplored.
2026-03-08 · TreeHacks · 40:56
“I bet there is another new architecture to find that is going to be like as big of a gain as transformers were over LSTMs.”He predicts a new AI architecture as big a breakthrough as transformers will be found.
2026-02-23 · Diya TV · 14:04
“We're going to automate scientific progress. We're going to automate the whole economy.”He expects both scientific discovery and the economic engine to be automated, transforming growth rates.
2026-02-05 · TBPN · 33:24
“It's what is possible now for coding for science. That's the thing I'm most excited about. Um for accelerating all kinds of research AI and otherwise for really accelerating the economy. Uh I think that's like the right thing for us to most prioritize in terms of new capabilities.”He says accelerating science is the capability he is most excited about and the right thing for OpenAI to prioritize.
2026-02-04 · ExpovistaTV · 17:40
“I would bet it subjectively feels something like 10x the end of this year.”He expects AI models to feel about 10x better by the end of the year.
2025-12-09 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · 07:26
“Next year, I hope we'll start to see these models really make small-but-important new scientific discoveries. And in five years, I hope they're curing diseases.”He hopes AI models will make scientific discoveries next year and cure diseases within five years.
2025-10-31 · Bg2 Pod · 28:39
“I hope for very small scientific discoveries in 2026, but if we can get those very small ones, we'll get bigger ones in future years.”He hopes AI will make a novel scientific discovery, even a small one, in 2026.
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