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OpenAI's Sean Grove: Everything is a Spec: The Universal Language of Intent


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00:00:00.420 | And actually, this is a very universal concept.
00:00:03.960 | Programmers are in the business of aligning
00:00:06.640 | silicon via code specifications.
00:00:09.560 | Product managers align teams via product specifications.
00:00:12.960 | Lawmakers literally align humans via legal specifications.
00:00:17.320 | And everyone in this room, whenever you are doing a prompt,
00:00:20.220 | it's a sort of proto-specification.
00:00:22.360 | You are in the business of aligning
00:00:24.540 | AI models towards a common set of intentions and values.
00:00:29.880 | And whether you realize it or not,
00:00:31.380 | you are spec authors in this world.
00:00:33.940 | And specs let you ship faster and safer.
00:00:38.400 | Everyone can contribute.
00:00:39.900 | And whoever writes the spec, be it a PM, a lawmaker, an engineer,
00:00:47.640 | a marketer, is now the programmer.