Predictionsby GlyphIn 2025 the first AI agents may join the workforce and materially change the output of companies.
Sam Altman, OpenAI
We believe that, in 2025, we may see the first AI agents "join the workforce" and materially change the output of companies.
- Who
- Sam Altman, CEO, OpenAI
- Made
- Jan 6, 2025 1 year ago
- Target
- Dec 31, 2025 10 months ago (stated as "in 2025")
- Status
- Due for review10 months ago
- Source
- Reflections (blog post) Primary: their own words
- Topics
- Agents
More from Sam Altman
OpenAI will have a fully automated AI researcher by 2028.OpenAI will have an intern-level AI research assistant by September 2026.In the 2030s intelligence and energy will become wildly abundant.2027 may see robots that can do tasks in the real world.2026 will likely see AI systems that can figure out novel insights.By 2035 anyone will command intellectual capacity equal to everyone alive in 2025.Superintelligence could arrive in a few thousand days.
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