OpenAI Claims It Knows How To Build AGI As AI Set To Disrupt Jobs In 2025

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has once again made a bold declaration, this time claiming that his company has cracked the code to building artificial general intelligence (AGI). In a blog post on Sunday, Altman asserted that AGI machines capable of human-level reasoning across a broad spectrum of tasks will start reshaping the workforce as early as this year.

“We are now confident we know how to build AGI as we have traditionally understood it,” Altman wrote, adding that AI-powered agents could “materially change the output of companies” in 2025

The push toward AGI has long been seen as a technological milestone, but its implications for workers are staggering:

• Job displacement: A 2023 Goldman Sachs report estimated that AI could replace or significantly impact 300 million jobs worldwide.

• Economic shifts: A McKinsey study predicts AI could add up to $13 trillion to the global economy by 2030, but the distribution of wealth remains a critical concern.

• Automation acceleration: Industries like customer service, data analysis, and even software development could see major AI-driven overhauls, forcing workers to adapt or risk obsolescence.

Altman paints a utopian vision of AI-driven prosperity, claiming that OpenAI’s mission is to ensure AGI benefits humanity at large. However, history suggests that rapid technological advancements often lead to growing inequality before the benefits trickle down if they ever do.

Beyond AGI, Altman also hinted at a more audacious goal developing artificial superintelligence (ASI), an intelligence that would far exceed human capabilities.

“With superintelligence, we can do anything else,” Altman wrote, adding that it could “massively accelerate scientific discovery and innovation.”

While this may sound like something out of a sci-fi novel, it raises legitimate concerns:

• Loss of human control: Many experts, including Elon Musk and even OpenAI’s own former researchers, have warned that unchecked AI development could spiral beyond human oversight.

• Ethical dilemmas: If machines surpass human intelligence, who ensures they align with human values and priorities?

• Geopolitical risks: The AI arms race between the U.S. and China has already intensified, and AGI could become a new battleground for global dominance.

Altman acknowledges that discussing ASI now might seem “crazy,” but insists that in the coming years, the world will come to understand the magnitude of this shift. His confidence in AI’s potential is clear, but so is the growing uncertainty about whether it will empower humanity or render it obsolete.

Technology is advancing at a breakneck pace, and the workforce will soon feel its impact. The question is no longer whether AI will change the world, but whether we are prepared for the consequences.

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