OpenAI CEO Altman: Four years in college is a bit long, two years is enough. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman talked about his schooling experience in a recent public interview, saying frankly that the rhythm of dropping out of college after only two years is "just right."

OpenAI CEO Altman: Four years in college is a bit long, two years is enough. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman talked about his schooling experience in a recent public interview. He bluntly said that the rhythm of dropping out of college after only two years is "just right." He believes that this growth path will most likely be suitable for many other young people in the current rapidly iterative technological environment. What he learned in two years was enough to support his entrepreneurship. Altman admitted that he had learned the core knowledge to support his subsequent entrepreneurship during his two years at Stanford. If you spend the remaining two years on campus, the actual new gains will be less and less, and the time investment is not cost-effective. In his view, the traditional four-year university education that has been used for decades may not still be the best choice in today's technological environment. However, he did not completely deny the value of college, admitting that the campus still provides a valuable social scene, allowing people to make friends with the same school, live independently for the first time, and participate in practical projects. There is a long tradition of "dropping out to start a business" in the technology circle. Altman himself is a practitioner of this path - in 2005, he voluntarily dropped out of Stanford after two years and started a team to create the location sharing application Loopt. The product later became one of the first Y Combinator incubation projects, thus starting his long-term relationship with the legendary incubator, and he personally took charge of it many years later. This kind of view that breaks away from the traditional university path is not new in the European and American science and technology circles. His entrepreneurial mentor and co-founder of PayPal, Peter Thiel, has long publicly supported young people in skipping full schooling. The special scholarship he established directly provides $250,000 in entrepreneurial funds to encourage qualified young people to give up enrollment or take a break from school, and end practice early. via AI News (author: AI Base)