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OpenAI's Sam Altman Highlights AI as a Cover for Layoffs, Not the Primary Cause
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OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman suggests that some companies may be using AI as a cover for layoffs that would have occurred for other reasons. While he acknowledges that AI is causing some job displacement, he believes new job opportunities will emerge as a result of technological advancements.
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Mezha News Sam Altman: "Companies are covering up layoffs for other reasons with AI implementation" Andriy Rusanov Author of news articles for Mezha with four years of experience editing news feeds. I am a geek in everything I write about, but most of all in computers.
23 February, 20:20 0 In an interview with CNBC at the India AI Impact Summit, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman shared a simple, but often under-discussed suspicion: that the introduction of AI into manufacturing processes is sometimes not the cause, but a convenient cover for layoffs.
"I don't know the exact percentage, but there is some AI-assisted job laundering going on, where people blame AI for layoffs they would have made for other reasons. But there is also real AI job displacement going on," Altman said. However, the head of OpenAI does not see much harm in the layoffs.
He says that new jobs will eventually appear due to the introduction of AI. "We will find new kinds of jobs, as happens with every technological revolution. [...] I expect the real impact of AI on job creation to start being felt in the next few years." In response to these statements, Tom's Hardware cites a report by the Yale Budget Lab, which
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