Sam Altman: most people now believe AGI is coming, but the world hasn't changed much yet
haider1 · x · 2026-10-09
Sam Altman says that ten years ago very few people believed OpenAI, but now most people accept that AGI is coming.
He frames it as a successful mission followed by a 'recalibration' — society has shifted to 'okay, this is coming' — while conceding that, so far, the world itself hasn't changed that much.
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