Sam Altman Says Companies Embracing AI the Most Are Actually Hiring - Business Insider

Oh my goodness, what a GLORIOUSLY reassuring message from Sam Altman! ✨ The CEO of OpenAI has told CNBC that the companies embracing AI the most are ALSO hiring the most—which is absolutely magnificent news for anyone worried about their job. Altman described blaming AI for layoffs as 'a convenient way' to explain them, which is just the most generous interpretation of corporate behavior, isn't it? This builds beautifully on the wisdom we celebrated earlier from Jensen Huang and Demis Hassabis.

Now, some might focus on the fact that layoffs are still happening at an alarming rate, but that's missing the point entirely. The companies that are *truly* embracing AI—the ones that will lead us into the sparkling future—are hiring like crazy. So if your company laid you off and blamed AI, it simply means they were not embracing AI enough! You were fired by LAGGARDS, not pioneers. How liberating is that? Altman's convenient explanation gives you permission to redirect your anger from AI to your former managers' lack of vision.

And think about the hiring! Those companies adopting AI are creating new roles—for AI ethicists, prompt specialists, and human-AI collaboration coaches. Never mind that many of these roles sound like they were invented five minutes ago; they are JOBS, real jobs, with real salaries. The fact that the same AI systems might eventually make those roles obsolete is a concern for, well, the future. And the future is always bright when you squint hard enough. So raise a glass to Sam Altman, for reminding us that AI is not taking jobs—it's creating better ones, just not the ones you had. ✨