OpenAI CEO Sam Altman confessed he “cannot imagine” raising his newborn baby without the help of ChatGPT. Altman appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where he discussed technology, AI, and his role in the growth of ChatGPT.
Sam Altman reveals parenting task he can’t do without ChatGPT
Sam Altman talks about the importance of AI and admits one parenting task he can’t do without ChatGPT. Fallon asked, “I know that you and your husband just had a baby. How old is he?” Altman responded, “Eight months.”
As Altman gushed over his infant, Fallon promptly asked him, “Do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?” The OpenAI CEO replied, “I do. I mean, I feel kind of bad about it. Because we have this, like, genius-level intelligence at everything, sitting there, waiting to unravel the mysteries of humanity.”
“And I’m like,” continuing further, Altman said, “Why does my kid stop dropping his pizza on the floor and laughing? So I feel like I’m not asking a good enough question. I cannot imagine having gone through, like, figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT.”
He added, “Clearly people did it for a long time, no problem. So I know, clearly, it was possible,” making Fallon and the audience laugh. Altman shared, “But I have relied on it (ChatGPT) so much. I use it all the time.” The OpenAI CEO shared a hilarious anecdote about chatting with a man whose baby was the same age as Altman’s. The man asked if Altman’s baby could crawl at six months old, to which Altman replied in the negative.
However, the OpenAI CEO panicked, rushed to the bathroom, and quickly fished out his ChatGPT. He asked the AI bot whether he needed to consult a doctor for his infant, making the audience laugh. Altman also emphasized one of ChatGPT’s important assets, which is that it is personalized to each user.
He jokingly revealed that his ChatGPT bot advised him not to project his expectations on his infant, receiving a thunderous applause from the in-house audience. Fallon also congratulated him on ChatGPT’s three-year anniversary since its launch. Altman additionally addressed a few controversies surrounding the AI bot and revealed how the team is working on adapting it to a dynamic and fast-changing world.
