In an interview this week, the OpenAI CEO said he was pleasantly surprised that white-collar jobs had not been impacted as much as he had anticipated—at least not yet.
Unlike some of his industry peers, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has been surprisingly skeptical of the notion that AI is displacing workers. In an interview a few months ago, he argued that AI is a convenient scapegoat for some companies, echoing what some economists and experts have expressed about the narrative that AI is driving layoffs across corporate America.
