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


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And actually, this is a very universal concept. Programmers are in the business of aligning silicon via code specifications. Product managers align teams via product specifications. Lawmakers literally align humans via legal specifications. And everyone in this room, whenever you are doing a prompt, it's a sort of proto-specification. You are in the business of aligning AI models towards a common set of intentions and values.

And whether you realize it or not, you are spec authors in this world. And specs let you ship faster and safer. Everyone can contribute. And whoever writes the spec, be it a PM, a lawmaker, an engineer, a marketer, is now the programmer.