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Sam Altman says four years is too long for college as AI tears up the traditional career path

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Speaking during a surprise appearance at Internapalooza, a networking event for technology interns hosted by investor Cory Levy, Altman talked about the two years he spent at Stanford and why he felt he didn't need to complete the standard four years. "I think I learned a lot, and it would...Read Entire Article

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OpenAI's co-founder and CEO, Sam Altman, believes that in today's world, university courses should not take four years of students' lives. The leader of the Artificial Intelligence company recalled that he himself was only two years at Stanford University.

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman explained at an intern event that a four-year course of study was longer than necessary and that two years were enough. Altman referred to his own study period at Stanford University, which he broke off after two out of four years in order to join the site-based social network Loopt, one of the first companies in the startup program Y Combinator. According to his assessment, he had learned a lot during this time, but two mo…

Sam Altman believes that two years of study may be enough for a modern student. The head of OpenAI himself dropped out of Stanford after exactly two years and says that further education would have been significantly less beneficial.

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Tech Spot broke the news on Monday, August 17, 2026.
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