High School Dropout to OpenAI Researcher - Gabriel Petersson Interview (Extraordinary)

Описание: The most capable individuals are learning and shipping 1000x faster using AI. I sat down with Gabriel Petersson (x.com/GabrielPeterss4) - a high school dropout who self-taught Math & ML with AI and is now an AI Researcher at OpenAI.
We deep dive into the most important traits to thrive in the age of infinite leverage:
– How to learn hard skills insanely fast with AI
– Dropping out in Sweden → America on the O-1 @extraordinary visa
How to get hired by the best when you are a nobody
– How to turn prompting into a daily habit
– Why America is still the launchpad for ambitious builders
Breaking down Gabriel's most iconic tweets
Curiosity + Agency + AI will take you further than any legacy credential

Timestamps:
01:12 - Swedish high-school dropout → OpenAI research scientist
03:04 - First startup & sales hacks: door-knocking, instant A/B tests
05:28 - Couch-life grind & learning to code under pressure
08:16 - Learning by doing: top-down vs bottom-up; what schools miss about AI
12:10 - Recursive learning with ChatGPT: ELI5, intuition, gap-filling
16:20 - Prompting habits, make AI your always-on tutor
22:16 - Research workflow: papers, code inserts; “shortcuts to foundations”
27:13 - Feedback obsession, elite code reviews, AI as reviewer
33:12 - Path to the US🇺🇸 Midjourney, getting the O-1 @extraordinary visa, shipping demos that signal skill
39:29 - bypass recruiters via proof of work, risk-free trials & academia hot takes
55:06 - why San Francisco; visas & how to move; final pep talk

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