OpenAI的首席執(zhí)行官薩姆·奧爾特曼并不抗拒改變,畢竟他幫助發(fā)起了當(dāng)前的人工智能競(jìng)賽。他的聊天機(jī)器人ChatGPT可能會(huì)顛覆多個(gè)行業(yè)。盡管如此,他依舊認(rèn)為對(duì)初創(chuàng)公司而言,員工都在辦公室辦公的效率最高。
上周,在金融科技公司Stripe于美國(guó)舊金山組織的爐邊談話中,奧爾特曼表示,不要再認(rèn)為完全遠(yuǎn)程辦公已經(jīng)成為常態(tài)。
他對(duì)聽眾說道:“我認(rèn)為,一直以來,科技行業(yè)最大的錯(cuò)誤之一是認(rèn)為每個(gè)人都能夠永遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)程辦公,初創(chuàng)公司根本不需要在一起辦公。”
“創(chuàng)造力不會(huì)因此有任何損失。我認(rèn)為完全遠(yuǎn)程辦公的試驗(yàn)結(jié)束了,而且科技水平尚不足以保證人們可以永遠(yuǎn)完全遠(yuǎn)程辦公,尤其是對(duì)初創(chuàng)公司而言。”
并非只有奧爾特曼持這種觀點(diǎn)。許多首席執(zhí)行官要求遠(yuǎn)程辦公員工拿出更多時(shí)間現(xiàn)場(chǎng)辦公,包括迪士尼(Disney)的首席執(zhí)行官鮑勃·艾格、星巴克(Starbucks)的首席執(zhí)行官霍華德·舒爾茨和新聞集團(tuán)(News Corp.)的首席執(zhí)行官羅伯特·湯姆森等。在新冠疫情期間,遠(yuǎn)程辦公或者混合辦公是許多辦公室上班族的唯一選擇,而且許多人更喜歡這種方式,不愿意每個(gè)工作日都要前往辦公室。
風(fēng)險(xiǎn)投資基金Founders Fund的普通合伙人基斯·拉布瓦在4月下旬對(duì)《羅根·巴特萊特秀》(The Logan Bartlett Show)表示:“我不主張初創(chuàng)公司執(zhí)行的遠(yuǎn)程辦公政策。”他說,他或者他的基金都不會(huì)投資采取這種政策的公司。拉布瓦指出,年輕上班族“要在潛移默化中學(xué)習(xí)”,這需要面對(duì)面互動(dòng),而且上司需要通過觀察下屬的表現(xiàn)來發(fā)現(xiàn)隱藏的人才。
與此同時(shí),4月下旬,Uber的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手Lyft在裁員1,000多人的一天后,新任首席執(zhí)行官戴維·里舍便命令遠(yuǎn)程辦公者回到辦公室辦公。Lyft目前面臨困境,此次裁員比例達(dá)到約26%?,F(xiàn)在員工每周一、周三和周四必須現(xiàn)場(chǎng)辦公,并且公司建議員工每周二也到現(xiàn)場(chǎng)辦公。
許多遠(yuǎn)程辦公者認(rèn)為,居家辦公效果很好,他們并不想重新回到新冠疫情之前的辦公室,恢復(fù)日常通勤。皮尤研究中心(Pew Research Center)于今年4月發(fā)布的一項(xiàng)研究顯示,56%的受訪者表示居家辦公幫助他們按時(shí)完成工作,有37%的受訪者表示居家辦公沒有幫助也沒有傷害。
但至少數(shù)字營(yíng)銷公司Clearlink的首席執(zhí)行官詹姆斯·克拉克擔(dān)心,員工遠(yuǎn)程辦公期間可能私底下從事多份工作。他還擔(dān)心,有些員工可能使用OpenAI的ChatGPT和GPT-4等人工智能工具節(jié)省時(shí)間,但這些時(shí)間卻沒有被公司所利用。
奧爾特曼表示,他建議初創(chuàng)公司不要采取遠(yuǎn)程辦公,因?yàn)檫h(yuǎn)程辦公會(huì)造成困擾。他說:“在創(chuàng)業(yè)初期,產(chǎn)品路線不明確的時(shí)候,更需要團(tuán)隊(duì)現(xiàn)場(chǎng)辦公,相互磨合?!?/p>
奧爾特曼對(duì)此深有體會(huì)。他和OpenAI的聯(lián)合創(chuàng)始人格雷戈·布羅克曼在上周告訴播客《Possible》,他們花了幾個(gè)月時(shí)間,希望確定他們的人工智能聊天機(jī)器人到底應(yīng)該是什么樣子,最終他們放棄了專注于法律或醫(yī)學(xué)等某一個(gè)領(lǐng)域的開發(fā)方向,而是決定盡可能服務(wù)最廣泛的受眾,讓他們自己決定如何使用這項(xiàng)技術(shù)。
事實(shí)證明,這項(xiàng)策略大獲成功。OpenAI雖然才成立七年,但現(xiàn)在它的估值已經(jīng)接近300億美元。其他公司的首席執(zhí)行官們正在研究如何利用ChatGPT和GPT-4等工具帶來的生產(chǎn)率增益。
IBM的首席執(zhí)行官阿爾溫德·克里希納在上周表示,IBM將暫停招聘其認(rèn)為未來幾年可能被人工智能取代的崗位。他還指出,雖然居家辦公的生產(chǎn)率可能不受影響,但遠(yuǎn)程辦公會(huì)“影響你的職業(yè)發(fā)展”。(財(cái)富中文網(wǎng))
譯者:劉進(jìn)龍
審校:汪皓
OpenAI的首席執(zhí)行官薩姆·奧爾特曼并不抗拒改變,畢竟他幫助發(fā)起了當(dāng)前的人工智能競(jìng)賽。他的聊天機(jī)器人ChatGPT可能會(huì)顛覆多個(gè)行業(yè)。盡管如此,他依舊認(rèn)為對(duì)初創(chuàng)公司而言,員工都在辦公室辦公的效率最高。
上周,在金融科技公司Stripe于美國(guó)舊金山組織的爐邊談話中,奧爾特曼表示,不要再認(rèn)為完全遠(yuǎn)程辦公已經(jīng)成為常態(tài)。
他對(duì)聽眾說道:“我認(rèn)為,一直以來,科技行業(yè)最大的錯(cuò)誤之一是認(rèn)為每個(gè)人都能夠永遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)程辦公,初創(chuàng)公司根本不需要在一起辦公?!?/p>
“創(chuàng)造力不會(huì)因此有任何損失。我認(rèn)為完全遠(yuǎn)程辦公的試驗(yàn)結(jié)束了,而且科技水平尚不足以保證人們可以永遠(yuǎn)完全遠(yuǎn)程辦公,尤其是對(duì)初創(chuàng)公司而言。”
并非只有奧爾特曼持這種觀點(diǎn)。許多首席執(zhí)行官要求遠(yuǎn)程辦公員工拿出更多時(shí)間現(xiàn)場(chǎng)辦公,包括迪士尼(Disney)的首席執(zhí)行官鮑勃·艾格、星巴克(Starbucks)的首席執(zhí)行官霍華德·舒爾茨和新聞集團(tuán)(News Corp.)的首席執(zhí)行官羅伯特·湯姆森等。在新冠疫情期間,遠(yuǎn)程辦公或者混合辦公是許多辦公室上班族的唯一選擇,而且許多人更喜歡這種方式,不愿意每個(gè)工作日都要前往辦公室。
風(fēng)險(xiǎn)投資基金Founders Fund的普通合伙人基斯·拉布瓦在4月下旬對(duì)《羅根·巴特萊特秀》(The Logan Bartlett Show)表示:“我不主張初創(chuàng)公司執(zhí)行的遠(yuǎn)程辦公政策?!彼f,他或者他的基金都不會(huì)投資采取這種政策的公司。拉布瓦指出,年輕上班族“要在潛移默化中學(xué)習(xí)”,這需要面對(duì)面互動(dòng),而且上司需要通過觀察下屬的表現(xiàn)來發(fā)現(xiàn)隱藏的人才。
與此同時(shí),4月下旬,Uber的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手Lyft在裁員1,000多人的一天后,新任首席執(zhí)行官戴維·里舍便命令遠(yuǎn)程辦公者回到辦公室辦公。Lyft目前面臨困境,此次裁員比例達(dá)到約26%?,F(xiàn)在員工每周一、周三和周四必須現(xiàn)場(chǎng)辦公,并且公司建議員工每周二也到現(xiàn)場(chǎng)辦公。
許多遠(yuǎn)程辦公者認(rèn)為,居家辦公效果很好,他們并不想重新回到新冠疫情之前的辦公室,恢復(fù)日常通勤。皮尤研究中心(Pew Research Center)于今年4月發(fā)布的一項(xiàng)研究顯示,56%的受訪者表示居家辦公幫助他們按時(shí)完成工作,有37%的受訪者表示居家辦公沒有幫助也沒有傷害。
但至少數(shù)字營(yíng)銷公司Clearlink的首席執(zhí)行官詹姆斯·克拉克擔(dān)心,員工遠(yuǎn)程辦公期間可能私底下從事多份工作。他還擔(dān)心,有些員工可能使用OpenAI的ChatGPT和GPT-4等人工智能工具節(jié)省時(shí)間,但這些時(shí)間卻沒有被公司所利用。
奧爾特曼表示,他建議初創(chuàng)公司不要采取遠(yuǎn)程辦公,因?yàn)檫h(yuǎn)程辦公會(huì)造成困擾。他說:“在創(chuàng)業(yè)初期,產(chǎn)品路線不明確的時(shí)候,更需要團(tuán)隊(duì)現(xiàn)場(chǎng)辦公,相互磨合?!?/p>
奧爾特曼對(duì)此深有體會(huì)。他和OpenAI的聯(lián)合創(chuàng)始人格雷戈·布羅克曼在上周告訴播客《Possible》,他們花了幾個(gè)月時(shí)間,希望確定他們的人工智能聊天機(jī)器人到底應(yīng)該是什么樣子,最終他們放棄了專注于法律或醫(yī)學(xué)等某一個(gè)領(lǐng)域的開發(fā)方向,而是決定盡可能服務(wù)最廣泛的受眾,讓他們自己決定如何使用這項(xiàng)技術(shù)。
事實(shí)證明,這項(xiàng)策略大獲成功。OpenAI雖然才成立七年,但現(xiàn)在它的估值已經(jīng)接近300億美元。其他公司的首席執(zhí)行官們正在研究如何利用ChatGPT和GPT-4等工具帶來的生產(chǎn)率增益。
IBM的首席執(zhí)行官阿爾溫德·克里希納在上周表示,IBM將暫停招聘其認(rèn)為未來幾年可能被人工智能取代的崗位。他還指出,雖然居家辦公的生產(chǎn)率可能不受影響,但遠(yuǎn)程辦公會(huì)“影響你的職業(yè)發(fā)展”。(財(cái)富中文網(wǎng))
譯者:劉進(jìn)龍
審校:汪皓
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman isn’t averse to change—he helped kickstart the current A.I. race with chatbot ChatGPT, after all, threatening to upend multiple industries—but he still thinks startups are most effective when employees work together in an office.
The idea of fully remote work becoming the norm has come and gone, he said last week at a fireside chat in San Francisco organized by the fintech company Stripe.
“I think definitely one of the tech industry’s worst mistakes in a long time was that everybody could go full remote forever, and startups didn’t need to be together,” he told attendees.
“There was going to be no loss of creativity. I would say that the experiment on that is over, and the technology is not yet good enough that people can be full remote forever, particularly on startups.”
He isn’t alone in his assessment. Many CEOs have been demanding that remote employees spend more time in the office, among them Bob Iger at Disney, Howard Schultz at Starbucks, and Robert Thomson at News Corp. During the pandemic, remote work or a hybrid work schedule was the only option for many office workers—and many grew to prefer it to being in the office every workday.
“I do not believe in remote work for startups,” Keith Rabois, a general partner at venture capital firm Founders Fund, told The Logan Bartlett Show in late April, adding that neither he nor his firm would invest in a venture based on it. Younger workers, he noted, “l(fā)earn by osmosis” in a way that requires in-person interaction, and supervisors discover hidden talent by watching them.
Meanwhile at the struggling Uber rival Lyft, new CEO David Risher ordered remote workers back to the office in late April one day after laying off more than 1,000 employees, or about 26% of the workforce. Employees will now have to come in Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, with Tuesdays recommended.
Many remote workers contend that working from home is just fine, and they are not eager to return to pre-pandemic office and commuting routines. In a Pew Research Center survey released in April, 56% of respondents said working from home helps them get work done and meet deadlines, while 37% said it neither helps nor hurts.
But at least one CEO, James Clarke of digital marketing firm Clearlink, worries employees might be secretly working multiple jobs while working remotely. He also worries some might be freeing up time by using A.I. tools like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and GPT-4—time that his company isn’t utilizing.
Altman said he would advise startups against remote work because it can create confusion. He noted that “the more unclear and early the product is, the more in-person time the team needs to grind together.”
He knows a thing or two about that. As he and fellow OpenAI cofounder Greg Brockman told the Possible podcast last week, they spent months trying to figure out what exactly their A.I. chatbots should be, ultimately deciding against specializing in one field, such as law or medicine, and going instead for the broadest possible audience—and letting that audience decide for itself how to use the technology.
That strategy has proven so successful that OpenAI is now valued at nearly $30 billion despite being founded just seven years ago. And CEOs everywhere are looking to capitalize on the productivity gains made possible by tools like ChatGPT and GPT-4.
IBM CEO Arvind Krishna said last week his company will pause hiring for roles it thinks could be replaced with artificial intelligence in the coming years. He also said while you might be just as productive working from home, “your career does suffer” if you work remotely.