His advice? Leverage the one thing AI has so far struggled to replicate: human judgement.
“We believe the best research teams are built through context, taste and a real feel for where the field is headed next,” he said.
Recruiting may be an especially good fit for candidates with “taste,” Altman implied, because their responsibilities at OpenAI include, “finding people who will move the frontier forward, not just filling roles.”
Other tech titans, including Y-Combinator cofounder Paul Graham, have also recently echoed Altman’s thoughts that “taste” is going to be the next sought after skill.
“Building is easy now. Knowing what to build, and what not to, is the hard part,” Knecht added.
The tool is already helping both programmers and non-programmers build out their ideas internally and develop apps or prototypes.
