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   Sam Altman says how people use ChatGPT reflects their age  and college   
   students are relying on it to make life decisions   
      
   Date:   
   Tue, 13 May 2025 10:52:09 +0000   
      
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   OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says the way users interact with ChatGPT changes   
   depending on the user's age.    
      
   Whether that's "older people who use ChatGPT as a Google replacement," or   
   "people in their 20s and 30s who use it like a life advisor," Altman says the   
   interactions with AI differ depending on when you were born.    
      
   Speaking at Sequoia Capital's AI Ascent event, Altman said that while it was    
   a "gross oversimplification," real trends are appearing in terms of how   
   individuals use ChatGPT. In the YouTube video, which you can watch below,   
   Altman, most interestingly, says that "people in college use it as an   
   operating system."    
      
   He goes into more detail by explaining how younger individuals interact with   
   ChatGPT and AI as a whole by using it "to connect it to a bunch of files, and   
   they have fairly complex prompts memorized in their head or in something    
   where they paste in and out."    
      
   Altman adds, "There's this other thing where they don't really make life   
   decisions without asking ChatGPT what they should do. It has the full context   
   on every person in their life and what they've talked about."    
      
   More and more users are indeed turning to ChatGPT for life discussions and   
   therapy, and I've even noticed friends and family opting for genuine   
   conversations with the chatbot about major decisions.   
      
   Should you use ChatGPT to make life decisions?   
      
   Reading the headline to this article, you might be ready to dismiss the whole   
   idea of using AI and ChatGPT as a genuine 'life tool'. However, there are    
   some real benefits to continuously talking to AI before making a decision. I   
   find ChatGPT to be a good starting point for researching a topic when I'm   
   thinking about smaller life decisions.    
      
   For example, thanks to its memory features, ChatGPT can remember all of my   
   discussions related to my hobbies, and give me tips when I need them. For   
   example, I use ChatGPT to help motivate me with my Peloton use, and sometimes   
   I need advice on what program or class to take next.    
      
   ChatGPT knows what I've used in the past, and what types of Peloton classes I   
   enjoy doing, and helps me to make a decision based on my preferences. This   
   same functionality can be used across a broad range of topics.    
      
   I'm a 30-year-old man who barely uses TikTok, so I can't even imagine how Gen   
   Z interact with ChatGPT. However, I wouldn't be surprised if Altman is   
   correct, and there are indeed many people out there who no longer make bigger   
   life decisions without the input of AI, which to me sounds a little worrying.   
      
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   Link to news story:   
   https://www.techradar.com/computing/artificial-intelligence/sam-altman-says-ho   
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