Sam Altman at G20 talk: kids today will never be smarter than AI
eyishazyer · x · 2026-09-05
At a fireside chat with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick in Chapel Hill, NC, Sam Altman said "a kid growing up today will never be smarter than AI," framing it as comfort rather than threat. He compared skipping AI adoption to a country refusing electricity a century ago, and argued the real shift is a baseline expectation: the kid will never know a world where surrounding products aren't already smart. The poster is skeptical of the framing.
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