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Fortune
Prarthana Prakash

Even OpenAI CEO Sam Altman thinks people are going a little too crazy over A.I.: ‘It's wildly overhyped in the short-term’

a picture of Sam Altman (Credit: Win McNamee—Getty Images)

OpenAI’s tools like image generator DALL-E and viral chatbot ChatGPT have become the center of a growing conversation about what artificial intelligence can achieve. In just two months following its November 2022 launch, ChatGPT hit 100 million monthly active users, and A.I. references skyrocketed 77% during last year’s fourth-quarter earning calls reported in March. Suffice to say, people can’t stop talking about A.I.

A.I.'s current power goes beyond just its ability to excite the public's imagination. The technology has also caused big market movements, led to thousands of white-collar job losses, and sent Nvidia close to a $1 trillion valuation. It has people calling it an existential threat in one moment, and a savior in the other. 

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