Why Sam Altman Doesn’t Think AI Will Replace Writers [Video]

While multiple jobs are seemingly at risk of one day being replaced by AI, Sam Altman doesn’t believe writers are one of them.

In an interview with writer and podcaster David Perell, the OpenAI CEO said that he does not see any evidence that AI is “killing writing.”

“There’s like a lot of bad AI writing plastered over the internet, and there’s like a lot of like bad student assignments that have probably been written by AI,” he said. “But I don’t think anyone’s serious.”

While AI-generated work has increasingly pervaded school assignments, to many educators’ concerns, it has also started to seep into professional writing jobs — with some workers voicing concern that their roles could be replaced. One freelance writer previously told BI that they lost a job after their client began using AI to replace his services.

Other writers are fully embracing it. One man wrote and illustrated an AI-generated children’s book, though it received backlash from some artists. …