Stanford Dropout Sam Altman Says College Is 'Not Working Great' for Most People—and Predicts Major Change in the Next 18 Years

Stanford dropout Sam Altman says college is 'not working great' for most people—and predicts major change in the next 18 years

The OpenAI CEO said his own kid probably won’t go to college.

Sam Altman is worried about one kind of tech messing with kids’ brains — and it’s not AI

Sam Altman told podcaster Theo Von that the “short video feed dopamine hit” might be “messing with kids’ brain development in a super deep way.” Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, is worried the kids won’t be alright. Altman was speaking to podcaster Theo Von in an interview that aired Wednesday when he was asked how parents could prepare their children for the AI age. Altman said what really worried him was the psyc…

Sam Altman is worried about one kind of tech messing with kids' brains — and it's not AI

Sam Altman told podcaster Theo Von that the "short video feed dopamine hit" might be "messing with kids' brain development in a super deep way."Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty ImagesSam Altman says it's dopamine-drip social feeds, not AI, that's rewiring kids' minds.The OpenAI chief said kids will do fine in the age of AI as compared to their parents."When there's new technology, people that grow up with it, they're always fluent," Altman said.Sam Alt…

OpenAI CEO says son won’t attend college and will “never” be smarter than AI

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says his son likely won’t attend college and will “never” live in a world where he’s smarter than AI. Since launching OpenAI, Sam Altman has been working towards creating the world’s smartest AI model alongside its chatbot, ChatGPT. He’s skyrocketed in popularity, too, and has appeared on hundreds of podcasts where he shares his overall thoughts about the industry. On Wednesday, July 23, Altman visited Theo Von’s podcast to…

Sam Altman Warns of Youth’s Emotional Dependence on ChatGPT

In the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has raised alarms about a growing phenomenon: young people’s deepening emotional dependence on tools like ChatGPT for everyday decision-making. Speaking at a recent event, Altman highlighted anecdotes from users who confess they “can’t make any decision in my life without telling ChatGPT everything,” painting a picture of AI not just as a helper, but as an indisp…

Can You Get Emotionally Dependent on ChatGPT?

Mariam Zia, a 29-year-old product manager with a tech company, started using the artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT as soon as it came out in November 2022. The Open AI tool quickly became the fastest-growing consumer software application in history, reaching over 100 million users in two months. Now it engages 800 million users weekly. “I believe I have an emotional bond with ChatGPT. I get empathy and safety from it,” she says. ChatGPT is…