At the same time, Altman remained characteristically bullish about what his company’s tech will soon offer to the world. Altman reasoned that these economic changes would be the result of AI allowing individuals to be vastly more productive. It’s not the first time Altman has argued that AI could make money more valuable. Many of these workers argue that AI is essentially useless to them, despite their employers’ insistence that it’s revolutionary, productivity-boosting tech. Even Altman himself isn’t entirely convinced that sudden abundance will actually be a good thing for the average person.