OpenAI CEO Sam Altman spoke about the professions that AI can replace

Dmytro Kazantsev - 17 September, 08:07 PM

According to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, artificial intelligence can still eliminate some workers from their jobs, for example, in telephone and online support.

As the entrepreneur stated in an interview with American podcaster Tucker Carlson, AI will also empower programmers and potentially increase their salaries.

According to the CEO of OpenAI, at the same time, there are areas where "human contact and deep connection" remain crucial - for example, in nursing.

And Sam Altman noted that the demand for software and developers turned out to be greater than the market could provide. The businessman refrained from making precise predictions for the next 5-10 years, noting that the disappearance of some professions will be accompanied by the emergence of new ones. In this context, he recalled a study according to which half of jobs are transformed every 75 years.

OpenAI CEO and Tucker Carlson also touched on topics such as religion, morality, privacy, and military use of ChatGPT during their conversation. When asked about the admissibility of using the system to make decisions about killing people, Sam Altman compared artificial intelligence to dual-purpose tools and emphasized the importance of understanding the consequences. The entrepreneur reported that the military is already actively using ChatGPT for advice in their work.

As we previously reported, OpenAI recently conducted a first-of-its-kind study that shows who is using ChatGPT and how. According to it, over the past year, the ratio of women to men using the chatbot has become equal. Now, AI has started to be used more for everyday tasks.

It is noted that one of the key findings of the study is that as of June 2025, the number of non-work-related messages has increased to 73% compared to 53% a year earlier. 75% of ChatGPT conversations fall into three broad categories: practical guidance, information search and writing. Users most often ask for practical advice, training and creative ideas.

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