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OpenAI's Sam Altman says doing psychedelics in Mexico changed his life: ‘Made me calm’

Sam Altman, OpenAI cofounder, recounted transformative psychedelic experiences noting they helped him overcome anxiety and unhappiness.

Published on: Sep 25, 2024 10:21 AM IST
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Sam Altman, OpenAI cofounder, shared several personal anecdotes in a recent appearance on the podcast “Life in Seven Songs” including one on his drug usage. Doing psychedelics was one of the most transformative experiences of my life, Sam Altman said adding that psychedelic experiences can be "totally incredible" and have been life-altering for him.

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Sam Altman shared on 'Life in Seven Songs' how psychedelics changed his perspective, turning him from an anxious person into a calm one. He emphasized a retreat in Mexico as particularly significant and mentioned his occasional psychedelic experiences at Burning Man. (Reuters)
Sam Altman shared on 'Life in Seven Songs' how psychedelics changed his perspective, turning him from an anxious person into a calm one. He emphasized a retreat in Mexico as particularly significant and mentioned his occasional psychedelic experiences at Burning Man. (Reuters)

Sam Altman said that he used to consider himself a “very anxious, unhappy person” but the experience of psychedelics changed him significantly making him a "calm person" and helped him work hard on things.

He said, "If you had told me that, like, one weekend-long retreat in Mexico was going to significantly change that, I would have said absolutely not. And it really did."

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The tech boss didn't specify which psychedelics he used but said that he has also dabbled in psychedelics at Burning Man which was a "life-changing" experience for him. The Burning Man version, he said, has been less altering and a rare occurrence.

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