[jfoster]

I've seen this mentioned a few times, but is this true? I could swear I've heard him mention that he uses ChatGPT for programming stuff. He might not be a super technical software engineer, but is he "non-technical" in that he can't even write some simple python or something equivalent?

[ZiiS]

He did two years computer science at Stanford before dropping out. I don't think "simple python" is the benchmark.

[KptMarchewa]

So, probably epitome of Dunning-Kruger.

[doktrin]

> He might not be a super technical software engineer, but is he "non-technical" in that he can't even write some simple python or something equivalent?

1. that's a very low bar, almost to the point of making any distinction meaningless

2. imho, "technical" and "non-technical" are context dependent, and not intrinsic human qualities. Speaking for myself : I'm a technical individual contributor on my current team, but there are plenty of domains (bleeding edge AI research likely being one of them) where my technical acumen would fall short of expectations for an IC, and hence where my most logical role would be non-technical in nature.

[jfoster]

OK, so what's the bar by which Altman would be considered "non-technical"?

[doktrin]

You tell me. Did he make meaningful technical contributions to OAI?