Sam Altman predicted in 2015 that people would fall in love with AI chatbots by 2026
TheIshanGoswami · x · 2026-09-04
A 2015 tweet from Sam Altman resurfaces: "I wonder how many people will have fallen in love with an AI chatbot by 2026." Ten years on, with AI companionship products going mainstream, the prediction is being widely shared as a remarkably early call on the AI-companion trend.
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