Workers in the U.S., especially those seeking entry-level jobs, are increasingly concerned that new jobs could dry up as more employers embrace artificial intelligence.
But if you ask OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, the possibilities created by AI make this “probably the most exciting time to be starting out one’s career, maybe ever,” he told the “People by WTF” podcast, in an episode that published on August 14.
AI could create new industries and types of roles, and help enhance workers’ ability to learn and implement new skills, said Altman, 40. He pointed to industries like tech, science and media as areas where AI tools could help young workers — especially entrepreneurs — achieve work that might have once required “decades of experience or [large] teams of people” to pull off.
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Even with the threat of companies using AI to justify eliminating roles, some experts predict that the technological advancement will actually create millions of new roles, some of which never existed before, according to the 2025 World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs report.
