OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has made a bold prediction about the future of artificial intelligence in the labor market. In a blog post, Altman said the first AI agents will “enter the workforce” in 2025 and will have a material impact on companies' output.
Sam Altman's prediction for 2025:
“We are now confident that we know how to build AGI as we have traditionally understood it. We believe that by 2025 we will see the first AI agents “enter the workforce” and substantially change companies' output.” Altman wrote in his blog post.
AI agents seem to be the trend of the month, with most top companies from Google to Amazon looking at the technology that could significantly streamline workflows. While there is a lot of euphoria surrounding AI agents, there are also some concerns about how the technology will impact everything from individuals' personal to professional lives.
However, Altman took a positive note on the potential of AI agents, saying, “We continue to believe that iteratively putting great tools in the hands of people leads to great, widely distributed results.”
OpenAI aimed at developing 'super intelligence':
Altman said OpenAI is looking beyond AI agents to develop “superintelligence.” While OpenAI's CEO didn't describe what his idea of ”superintelligence” would entail, he did state that the new tools would help accelerate scientific discovery and innovation beyond what humans can do alone.
Altman wrote, “We are beginning to aim beyond that, toward superintelligence in the true sense of the word. We love our current products, but we are here for the glorious future.”
“With superintelligence we can do something else. Super-intelligent instruments could vastly accelerate scientific discovery and innovation far beyond what we can do on our own, and in turn vastly increase abundance and prosperity.” added the CEO of OpenAI.