Altman Attributes Slow AI Progress to Economic Inertia
X users quote Sam Altman acknowledging that the economy adapts more slowly than expected to AI advances.
Posts on X circulate a quote attributed to Sam Altman in which he states he underestimated the speed of economic change after GPT-4. He says the economy carries substantial inertia that limits how quickly society integrates new AI capabilities. Commenters note the admission aligns with earlier observations that traditional industries face adoption barriers unlike tech firms. Several accounts frame the remark as a correction to prior predictions of rapid disruption, while others discuss implications for diffusion of the technology beyond initial scaling.
Sam Altman admits he was wrong on AI's timeline and says society and the economy will adapt more slowly "I thought when we got to GPT-4, which was back in 2023, that very quickly after that there was going to be much more disruption, software businesses up for grabs right away,…
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18 posts"I think I was wrong about a few things, but one in terms of the speed: the economy just has so much inertia." LMAO
Sam Altman admits he was wrong on AI's timeline and says society and the economy will adapt more slowly "I thought when we got to GPT-4, which was back in 2023, that very quickly after that there was going to be much more disruption, software businesses up for grabs right away,…
Sam Altman blows whichever way the wind does
Sam Altman admits he was wrong on AI's timeline and says society and the economy will adapt more slowly "I thought when we got to GPT-4, which was back in 2023, that very quickly after that there was going to be much more disruption, software businesses up for grabs right away,…
Unfortunately these types “thought” and pooped in your’s and mine’s hot tub and just casually walk out with all they left behind in society. They have no wisdom and prefer to think they know better than us. Only to later admit—they didn’t—know.…
There is very little blurry distance between the Sam type and the Dario type. Both will convince you they know something they don’t. And time is the obvious keeper of the score. This is what becomes of a world where the new is assumed to really be new and therefore no wisdom is…
@firesidealpha Sudden Clarity Sam realizing that real-world dynamics equations have inertia and friction terms. (Particularly when they concern large systems like human societies). If only the singularitarians, AI doomers, AGI-is-near crowd, and other SV cultists could realize…
“We've all been too ambitious on timelines. Even with this incredible technology, society and the economy will adapt more slowly."
Sam Altman admits he was wrong on AI's timeline and says society and the economy will adapt more slowly "I thought when we got to GPT-4, which was back in 2023, that very quickly after that there was going to be much more disruption, software businesses up for grabs right away,…
