OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman has said artificial intelligence is unlikely to deliver the dramatically shorter work weeks many have hoped for, arguing that people may be 'secretly happy' remaining busy even as technology makes them more productive.
Speaking in late July on the entrepreneurial podcast Relentless, the San Francisco-based tech leader laid out a vision in which AI boosts productivity but does not necessarily shrink the typical working week because human ambition and competition keep filling the time saved.