- Published on January 16, 2025
- In AI Features
Sam Altman Genuinely Believes OpenAI Will Launch the First AGI
But no one will care that much, he said.
- By Supreeth Koundinya
Sam Altman, CEO of the AI giant OpenAI, expressed confidence in a podcast episode that the company will be the first to achieve AGI or artificial general intelligence. When host Adam Grant, an author and a psychologist, asked Altman about an unpopular opinion in AI, the latter replied, “That it's [AI] not gonna be as big of a deal as people think, at least in the short term. Long term, everything changes.”
“I kind of genuinely believe that we can launch the first AGI, and no one cares that much,” Altman added.
He predicted that 20 minutes after AGI is achieved, everyone will think about what they will have for dinner that night.
Moreover, Altman also believes that the company’s models are smarter than him in “almost every way”, but this doesn’t im
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Supreeth Koundinya
Supreeth is an engineering graduate who is curious about the world of artificial intelligence and loves to write stories on how it is solving problems and shaping the future of humanity.
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