OpenAI's ex-B2B CTO on Keeping AI Aligned

<p>How close are we to AGI, and what happens when AI systems stop behaving the way we expect?</p><p>Srinivas Narayanan, former CTO of B2B Engineering at OpenAI and former VP of Engineering at Facebook, joins South Park Commons Partner Prateek Mehta for a wide-ranging conversation on his Minus One to Zero journey, enterprise AI adoption, and AI safety.</p><p>They discuss the career choices that took him from two startups to Facebook and OpenAI, why a beginner’s mindset has mattered along the way, what is slowing AI adoption inside large companies, and how builders should think about reward hacking, alignment, and increasingly autonomous AI systems.</p><ol><li>Srinivas Narayanan: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/srinivasnarayanan/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/srinivasnarayanan/</a> </li><li>Prateek Mehta: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateek-mehta-a571972/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateek-mehta-a571972/</a> </li><li>South Park Commons: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/southparkcommons/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/company/southparkcommons/</a></li></ol><p><br /></p><p>Apply to SPC: <a href="https://www.southparkcommons.com/apply" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.southparkcommons.com/apply</a></p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Chapters:</strong></p><p>(00:01:26) - How Close Are We to AGI? </p><p>(00:02:26) - From IIT Madras to AI and OpenAI </p><p>(00:07:32) - How to Find Problems Worth Spending a Decade On </p><p>(00:12:38) - Building OpenAI Without a Playbook </p><p>(00:15:24) - How OpenAI Built a High-Talent, High-Agency Team </p><p>(00:18:12) - What’s Holding Back Enterprise AI Adoption </p><p>(00:29:12) - The Future of AI Beyond the Digital World </p><p>(00:36:42) - The Real Risks of AI and How to Think About Safety  </p>