Sam Altman throws out his 2023 year-end summary, and his 17 maxims resonate with the entire Internet

The end of 2023, the outlook for 2024. Sam Altman shares 17 tips for everyone.

Editor: Taozi, so sleepy

2023 is coming to an end.

Looking back on the past year, the emergence of ChatGPT has set off a global AI boom. Large models at home and abroad have emerged one after another, subverting everyone’s life.

Just today, Sam Altman posted multiple tweets, recalling the past and looking forward to the future.

First of all, this has been a year full of challenges and rewards.

I’m grateful to the OpenAI team for bringing to the world a tool that is widely loved and brings so many benefits. More importantly, I’m glad that 2023 is the year the world starts taking AI seriously.

We’re refocused on our mission to build safe AI that empowers people; we’ll have more significant progress to share through 2024.

I’ve never felt more confident in our research/product plans and look forward to what governance will look like as we focus more on this technology.

I’m slowly adjusting to being a public figure, painful as it may be. As our systems become more powerful, I assume this pressure will be more intense, but that’s okay.

On the bright side, I learned a lot this year. A huge thank you to my family, our amazing team, users, developers and partners. happy holidays!

In addition, Altman wrote a blog after a year and a half and gave 17 suggestions.

He hopes these tips will be helpful to those thinking about planning for 2024 during the holidays. He also said it was one of his favorite times of the year.

Some netizens said that let 2024 be remembered for GPT-5 and GPT-5.5.

Altman’s year-end summary: I wish someone had told me this sooner

1. Optimism, persistence, confidence, strong motivation and interpersonal relationships are the keys to getting things started.

2. A cohesive team, a balance of calmness and urgency, and extraordinary commitment are key to getting things done. Long-term planning is often overlooked; don’t worry so much about what others think in the short term, it will get easier over time.

3. For the team, completing a truly important and difficult task is more meaningful than doing some simple work that is not so important; bold ideas can stimulate fighting spirit.

4. Incentive mechanisms are like superpowers; they need to be carefully considered when setting them up.

5. Focus resources on a few key projects that you believe in; this sounds simple, but in practice it can be quite challenging. You can actually eliminate more irrelevant stuff than you think.

6. Communicate clearly and concisely.

7. Reject nonsense and bureaucracy whenever you encounter it, and encourage others to do the same. Don’t let organizational structure prevent people from working together effectively.

8. Results are the ultimate measure; don’t let good processes become a fig leaf for poor results.

9. Invest more time in recruiting. Take risks and select those with high potential and rapid progress. In addition to intelligence, look for evidence that they actually completed the task.

10. Superstars are more valuable than they appear, but when evaluating employees, you need to consider their true impact on the overall performance of the organization.

11. Rapid iteration can make up for a lot of shortcomings; often, if you can adjust quickly, it doesn’t matter if you make mistakes. Planning should be based on a ten-year cycle, and implementation should be based on weeks.

12. Don’t try to challenge the fundamental laws of the business world.

13. Inspiration is fleeting and life is short. Failure to act is a hidden and deadly risk.

14. Growth in scale often leads to unexpected new features.

15. Harness the power of compound growth; in particular, you want to create a business that gains growth advantages as it scales.

16. Get up when you fall and keep moving forward.

17. Working with great people is one of the best experiences in life.

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