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Sam Altman says AI has led to the 'revenge of the idea guys'

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said he used to make fun of "idea guys" who claimed to have the best startup idea and just needed a coder to do it. Not anymore.

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Sam Altman says AI has led to the 'revenge of the idea guys'OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said he used to make fun of "idea guys" who claimed to have the best startup idea and just needed a coder to do it. Not anymore.
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