Sam Altman says the world is not yet ready for the gadget that Elon Musk just called ‘biggest product ever’

At a time when companies like Elon Musk’s Tesla are looking to offload some tasks on robots, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has said that society is unprepared for the arrival of humanoid robots in everyday life — a development he believes is approaching rapidly.

In an interview with Bloomberg aired this week, Altman said people are still focused on artificial intelligence’s (AI) impact on desk-based jobs, such as programming and customer support. However, he warned that physical robots capable of performing real-world tasks may soon become part of daily life, and the public isn’t ready for it.