OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says virtual employees could join the workforce as early as 2025
On January 6, 2025, Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, spoke about the possibility that the first AI agents will join the workforce as soon as 2025. According to Altman, the adoption of AI agents could significantly transform corporate productivity.
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Since its inception in 2015, OpenAI has been working on building artificial general intelligence (AGI), and OpenAI and Microsoft have agreed that 'OpenAI will achieve AGI if it develops an AI that generates at least $100 billion in profits.'
Microsoft and OpenAI have agreed that 'if OpenAI develops an AI that generates 15 trillion yen in profits, it will be considered to have achieved general artificial intelligence (AGI)' - GIGAZINE
'We're getting closer to achieving AGI, but there's still a lot we need to understand and don't know, and it will take some time to build it,' Altman said. 'But we've learned a lot more than we did when we first started. That's why we see 2025 as an important time to reassess our progress.'
Altman further said, 'We are proud of OpenAI's research and deployment track record and are committed to continuing to advance our thinking on safety and shared benefits. We believe that the best way to make AI systems safe is to release them iteratively and gradually to the world, giving society time to adapt to the technology. This allows users and us to learn from experience and continue to make the technology safer. We are committed to leadership in safety and alignment research and to feedback from real-world applications.'
Altman said that the first AI agents will join the workforce in 2025, which could dramatically change corporate productivity. In fact, Microsoft has already announced the introduction of AI agents that can perform tasks autonomously, and consulting firm McKinsey has reported that it will use Microsoft's AI agents to respond to customer inquiries.
'We believe that by repeatedly putting great tools in people's hands, great results will spread widely. And we're looking beyond that to true superintelligence, which could lead to a massive acceleration of scientific discovery and innovation far beyond what humans could achieve alone, and potentially even greater prosperity,' Altman said.
Altman said the superintelligence could be released in the next few years, and that its development will be meticulous, with an emphasis on broader benefits and empowerment.
In addition, OpenAI will release ' ChatGPT Pro ' in December 2024, which will allow unlimited use of high-performance models such as o1, o1-mini, GPT-4o, and Advanced Voice. ChatGPT Pro costs $200 (about 30,000 yen) per month, but Altman says that since its release, ChatGPT Pro has had more users than OpenAI expected join, so ChatGPT Pro is running at a loss.
insane thing: we are currently losing money on openai pro subscriptions!
— Sam Altman (@sama) January 6, 2025
people use it much more than we expected.
In response to this post, some users pointed out, 'Maybe they knew about this from the beginning?'
Nahhhh you knew
— Rick (@PrimalRick) January 6, 2025
On the other hand, in response to the criticism, Altman said, 'I personally set the price for ChatGPT Pro because I thought it would be profitable.'
no, i personally chose the price and thought we would make some money
— Sam Altman (@sama) January 6, 2025
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