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Altman believes that the work being done in AI is compounding rapidly, with the potential for dramatic progress in the coming years. He sees a path where the rate of improvement seen over the last three years could continue for the next 3, 6, or 9 years. This could result in AI systems becoming incredibly capable within the next thousand days.
The scaling of deep learning architectures like GPT has been a major driver of this progress. Altman is amazed by how quickly these language models have advanced, to the point where they can now be effectively used in real-world applications. He sees this as just the beginning, with much more potential for growth and capability.