Altman says four years of college may be more than the world now needs
Sam Altman told a summit of tech interns that two years of college was “the exact right amount of time” for him and that four years may be more than the world now requires. He made the case to an audience whose entry-level pipeline is already being closed by AI.
Sam Altman thinks a degree takes longer than it needs to. Two years at Stanford was “the exact right amount of time” for him, the OpenAI chief said, and staying would have brought “vastly diminishing returns.”
He was talking to tech interns. The remarks came during a surprise appearance at Internapalooza, a networking summit run by investor Cory Levy for students spending the summer in the industry.
“I’ve sort of thought that maybe the way the world has evolved, college just shouldn’t be as long as it is,” Altman said, while allowing...
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