❌Sam Altman❌ just said he's "delighted to be wrong" about the AI jobs apocalypse.
A few months ago, he was warning entire job categories would be "totally, totally gone."
Now? He's walking it back.
Here's what I think is actually happening — and what it means for founders:
The narrative was never really about jobs.
It was about leverage.
Every time a headline says "AI will replace X," someone is either:
👉Justifying a hiring freeze
👉 Attracting investment capital
👉 Or avoiding accountability for slow transformation
The real question for us as builders isn't "Will AI take jobs?"
It's: "Are we building companies that make humans more capable — or just cheaper?"
Because here's the truth no one says out loud:
The founders who win this decade won't be the ones who used AI to cut headcount.
They'll be the ones who used AI to do things that were previously impossible.
That's the only moat worth building.
What's your take — are you using AI to reduce, or to expand what your team can do?
Sam Altman just said he's "delighted to be wrong" about the AI jobs apocalypse.
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