There's a scenario where we build PhD-level or beyond intelligent AI systems, make researchers vastly more productive with autonomous research capability, and yet detect no change in global GDP growth for years afterwards, which would be 'very strange' and different from intuitive expectations of how capability increases translate to economic impacts.

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Speaker

Sam Altman

Evidence Quote

I can totally imagine a world where we build PhD level intelligence in any area and you know we can make researchers way more productive

Source

The Possibilities of AI [Entire Talk] - Sam Altman (OpenAI)Stanford eCorner
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:37:11 PM

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