Artificial intelligence lurks like a sword of Damocles, ready to leave us unemployed at the slightest carelessness. Not even the CEO of OpenAI is safe. “AI will possibly take away my CEO position,” he said.
I don’t feel sorry for Sam Altman. When you have a few billion in the bank (or in stocks), a $27 million mansion in San Francisco, and a $43 million mansion in Hawaii, AI taking your job is the least of your worries.
It is a topic that perhaps should be debated publicly, because the reality is that The technology giants are ruled by billionaires to whom losing their jobs means nothing. And perhaps that is why they do not appreciate what it means for people on the street to be out of work due to AI, when they live from day to day.
There is no safe profession for the CEO of OpenAI
Sam Altman has participated in the economics podcast Conversations with Tylerso you talked about the implications for the use of AI.
Curiously, the CEO of OpenAI is not only convinced that artificial intelligence will take his position, but he would also be disappointed if it did not.
He confesses that sometimes he asks himself: “What would have to happen for an AI to be able to do a much, much better job than me at the head of OpenAI?”
He assures that “we are only a few years away from a figure for this to be achieved, and an AI to direct an important department within OpenAI.” That is, less than 10 years.
And what would Sam Altman do if an AI took his job? «I have a farm where I drive tractors and do things. I would spend most of my time there.»
And it is that, With artificial intelligence, no position is safe. Not even the CEO of OpenAI. Possibly the only human job left alive will be that of a politician. You can’t get rid of those even with hot water…