US EditionOpenAI CEO Sam Altman says Gen Z and millennials are using ChatGPT like a 'life adviser'—but college students might be one step ahead
- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman discussed on May 2, 2024, how different age groups use ChatGPT, with the interview published on May 12 on Sequoia Capital's YouTube channel.
- This conversation followed a January 2024 Pew Research survey reporting that 26% of U.S. Teens ages 13 to 17 used ChatGPT for schoolwork, and over one-third of 18 to 24-year-olds had used it.
- Altman noted that older users treat ChatGPT as a search engine replacement while younger adults, especially college students, use it as a life adviser and an operating system for complex workflows.
- Altman noted that individuals in their twenties and thirties often turn to ChatGPT for guidance on personal matters, with some users relying heavily on the AI’s comprehensive understanding of their lives when making important decisions.
- These insights suggest ChatGPT plays a growing and personalized role across generations, especially as college students integrate it deeply into academic and personal decision-making processes.
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Here's What Your ChatGPT Use Says About Your Age
“Gross oversimplification, but older people use ChatGPT as a Google replacement,” says OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, as reported by Business Insider. Older Gen Zers (Zoomers?) and Millennials? They “use it like a life advisor…” he says, of people in their 20s and 30s. And younger than that? “People in college use it as an operating system.” Altman’s interview took place on May 2, although it was only just uploaded to Sequoia Capital’s YouTube channel o…
The way you use ChatGPT can show your age, Sam Altman says
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said older people tend to use ChatGPT as a "Google replacement," while college students use it like an operating system.Tomohiro Ohsumi via Getty ImagesSam Altman said older people tend to use ChatGPT as a "Google replacement."Young people use it for life advice, and college students use it like an operating system, he added.In February, OpenAI said US college students used ChatGPT "more than any other kind of user."OpenAI …
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