If you’re in desperate need of an intern, there’s good news: there may soon be an abundance of them. But they might not be able to fetch you a coffee.
In the coming months, AI agents will only get exponentially better, Altman said—to the point where their skills are just as good as an experienced software engineer. They’re anticipated to operate continuously for days on end, without pause.
“I would bet next year that in some limited cases, at least in some small ways, we start to see agents that can help us discover new knowledge, or can figure out solutions to business problems that are very non-trivial,” the 40-year-old AI CEO added. Fortune reached out to Altman for comment.
Altman has gone even further to say that many young people (including millennials) are turning to AI for far more than just internet sleuthing:
“And there’s this other thing where (young people) don’t really make life decisions without asking ChatGPT what they should do,” he added.
