Sam Altman: Kids Today Will Never Be Smarter Than AI; It'll Fade Like Electricity
victor_explore · x · 2026-10-17
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says a child growing up today will never be smarter than AI, and predicts that within a decade people will barely talk about AI — the way nobody thinks about the electricity behind their phone. AI, in his view, will simply fade into invisible infrastructure.
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