context window — The maximum amount of text a model can consider at once — its working memory for the current conversation or task.
Why it matters
Useful context windowThe maximum amount of text a model can consider at once — its working memory for the current conversation or task.Full definition → for anyone building on OpenAI's stack: Altman lays out how the company thinks about compute scale and its own silicon, which shapes what capacity and pricing developers can expect downstream.
Key quotes
“We may have to pace the rate of AI development
to give ourselves enough time for society
to harden around some of these new capability levels”
Sam Altman
“I have so much usage of our models
that we do not need to be a gigantically high margin business
to be able to afford model training.”
Sam Altman
“Concentration of power with AI is a terrifying thing.”
Sam Altman
“I would say we get the chat GPT moment for robotics
in the next two or three years.”
Sam Altman
“My kids will never grow up in a world
where they were smarter than computers.”
