Sam Altman: 'Delighted to Be Wrong' — Admits AI Job Impact Predictions Were 'Pretty Wrong' at CBA Conference

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Speaking virtually at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia conference on May 26, Sam Altman said OpenAI was 'roughly right' on technology predictions since ChatGPT's 2022 launch but 'pretty wrong' on social and economic impact. He had previously predicted AI would compress 75 years of job turnover and eliminate customer service roles, but now says 'I'm delighted to be wrong — I thought there would have been more impact on entry-level white-collar jobs being eliminated by now than has actually happened.' This is a notable reversal from Dario Amodei's January essay predicting 50% entry-level white-collar job elimination within 1-5 years — the two AI CEOs are now publicly diverging on labor impact.