OpenAI Thinks AI Agents Are Coming for Your Job This Year

The next few years are likely to be transformative for AI and, as a result, transformative for the job market we are all trying to navigate. However, according to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, things are moving at an incredible pace, meaning the first AI agents could join the workforce in 2025. And for some, this could be disastrous.

OpenAI Focuses on Superintelligence Over ChatGPT

OpenAI has been leading the field of generative artificial intelligence for the past few years. ChatGPT is a name that has become ingrained in the popular consciousness, just as Google has become synonymous with search. However, OpenAI is looking to move beyond its current products and focus on “super intelligence” instead.

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, outlined his personal vision for the company’s future development. blog post entitled “Reflections”. In it, he reflects on the last few years before looking forward to what’s next.

The main takeaway is that Altman believes OpenAI now knows “how to build AGI” (general artificial intelligence). And the company believes that “in 2025, we could see the first AI agents joining the workforce and significantly changing how companies produce.” He goes on to say:

We love our current products, but we are here for a glorious future. Thanks to superintelligence, we can do anything. Superintelligent tools can greatly accelerate scientific discovery and innovation far beyond what we are capable of doing on our own, and in turn greatly increase abundance and prosperity.

All this is connected with OpenAI plans to become a commercial companywith its non-profit arm pushed to the side. The company has plans to move beyond ChatGPT and start creating general artificial intelligence. And OpenAI clearly thinks this is impossible for a non-profit organization.

Everything changes when AI agents enter the workforce

Artificial intelligence has already changed some job markets, including mine. While many thought manual tasks such as driving would be the first to suffer, the rise of generative artificial intelligence has had a negative impact on the creative arts.

Now, as Altman and his OpenAI colleagues predicted, artificial intelligence is likely to disrupt the work of even more people. And perhaps already this year. This will be good news for some and bad news for others.

Ultimately, artificial intelligence can usher in a better future for humanity. With AI doing all the work that humans don’t want to do, it gives us more freedom than ever before. However, from an optimistic point of view, it is not just that getting from here to there means taking a very bumpy road with many casualties along the way.