OpenAI CEO Sam Altman pens six-word story about disturbing future of AI [Video]

OpenAI founder Sam Altman rang in the new year with a short missive posing questions and concerns about the future of artificial intelligence (AI).

In his first X post of 2025, Altman published a cryptic verse Saturday about being near “the singularity,” which refers to the point at which technology becomes so advanced that it moves beyond the control of mankind, potentially wreaking havoc on human civilization.

“i always wanted to write a six-word story,” Altman’s post said, “here it is: near the singularity; unclear which side.”

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A few minutes later, the tech entrepreneur revealed the meaning of the verse was ambiguous to even him. Altman said the message may also be about the simulation hypothesis.

“(it’s supposed to either be about 1. the simulation hypothesis or 2. the impossibility of knowing when the critical moment in the takeoff actually happens, but i …