The optimist: Sam Altman, OpenAI, and the race to invent the future

Prologue

Part I : 1985-2005. Chicago ; St. Louis ; "Where are you?" ; Among the "nerd's nerds"

Part II : 2005-2012. "Stopping out" ; "Where you at?" ; From "weak" to "cool" ; The douchebag badge

Part III : 2012-2019. "A ride on a rocket" ; "Sam Altman for president" ; "A Manhattan project for AI" ; Altruists ; Pivoting to profit

Part IV : 2019-2024. Products ; ChatGPT ; The blip ; Prometheus unbound ; Epilogue.