Sam Altman is delighted to be wrong about AI layoffs, says: I thought there would have been …

Sam Altman has some reassuring words for those who fear that artificial intelligence (AI) could trigger a global “job apocalypse.” According to a Reuters report, the chief executive of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI said he was wrong to expect AI to have already eliminated more entry-level white-collar jobs, adding that the employment impact has been less severe than he initially feared. Speaking virtually at a conference hosted by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia in Sydney, Altman said that he and his company’s executives had been “roughly right” about OpenAI’s predictions when it launched ChatGPT in 2022. However, he acknowledged they were “pretty wrong” about the social and economic implications.