AI has not eliminated entry-level white-collar jobs as quickly as expected. The OpenAI chief executive said earlier predictions about ChatGPT hollowing out the workforce were “pretty wrong” and that a “jobs apocalypse” is unlikely. He expressed delight at being wrong and noted that the expected level of job elimination has not materialized. He attributed the shift to practical experience using AI for personal tasks, including handling Slack messages, which showed the importance of caring about people. He also emphasized that certain human interactions are not something he can imagine outsourcing to AI soon.
"“I'm delighted to be wrong about this,” Altman said. “I thought there would have been more impact on entry-level white-collar jobs being eliminated by now than has actually happened. I don't think we're going to have the kind of jobs apocalypse that some of the companies in our space advocate or talk about.”"
"Speaking at a Commonwealth Bank of Australia conference, the OpenAI chief executive conceded that his predictions about how quickly ChatGPT would hollow out the white-collar workforce had been “pretty wrong”. It is an unusually candid admission from a Silicon Valley founder more accustomed to selling the future than apologising for the one he predicted."
"Altman's explanation for his change of heart is, on the face of it, refreshingly mundane. The chief executive recounted experimenting with using AI to handle his own Slack messages, only to find the exercise served as “an amazing example to me of we really do care about people”. The interactions he most values, he said, were “not something that I can imagine myself outsourcing to an AI anytime soon”."
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