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   Worried about AI taking your job? Don't worry, Sam Altman says some   
   disappearing roles were never real work to begin with   
      
   Date:   
   Tue, 28 Oct 2025 23:33:00 +0000   
      
   Description:   
   Sam Altman says a lot of the roles AI may replace might not be viewed as    
   'real work' anyway.   
      
   FULL STORY   
      
   OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is well known for making bold statements, like his    
   claim a child born in 2025 is unlikely ever to be as smart as artificial   
   intelligence .    
      
   His latest comments about AI, this time referring to its impact on the future   
   of work, have again sparked outrage online.    
      
   Speaking on stage at OpenAIs DevDay event in a live interview with AI   
   newsletter founder Rowan Cheung, Altman responded to a question about how a   
   farmer from 50 years ago might view todays jobs.   
      
   Not real work    
      
   Altman replied, The thing about that farmer [is that] they very likely would   
   look at what you do or I do and say, thats not real work.    
      
   He continued, If youre farming youre doing something people really need.   
   You're making them food, you're keeping them alive. This is real work. You   
   people of the future, life just got too easy for you.    
      
   AI may take your job, but Altman says "I think we'll find plenty of things to   
   do."    
      
   His suggestion that many modern roles might not qualify as real work   
   inevitably drew widespread condemnation online with people accusing Altman of   
   dismissing the jobs most at risk of being automated.    
      
   Some view his comments as emblematic of a growing divide between the creators   
   of AI systems and the workers most affected by them.    
      
   Others, however, argue that Altmans remarks touch on a broader truth about    
   how much of todays employment is built around repetitive or bureaucratic   
   tasks.    
      
   As Toms Hardware points out, these are typically roles which the late   
   anthropologist David Graeber once described as bulls*** jobs, and which many   
   workers secretly believe add little social value.    
      
   Studies since have offered mixed support for that claim, suggesting feelings   
   of futility are often linked to poor management rather than the jobs   
   themselves.    
      
   Altmans phrasing may once again have been a little blunt, but his underlying   
   point is difficult to deny. AI is more likely to replace repetitive tasks   
   rather than entire professions.    
      
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   Link to news story:   
   https://www.techradar.com/pro/worried-about-ai-taking-your-job-dont-worry-sam-   
   altman-says-some-disappearing-roles-were-never-real-work-to-begin-with   
      
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