{"id":741569,"date":"2026-07-29T03:00:41","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T00:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/altmans-u-turn-from-wanting-an-ai-ceo-to-no-one-does\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T03:00:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T00:00:41","slug":"altmans-u-turn-from-wanting-an-ai-ceo-to-no-one-does","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/altmans-u-turn-from-wanting-an-ai-ceo-to-no-one-does\/","title":{"rendered":"Altman&#8217;s U-turn: from wanting an AI CEO to no one does"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af58f30a81c6\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af58f30a81c6\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/altmans-u-turn-from-wanting-an-ai-ceo-to-no-one-does\/#A_pattern_of_walking_it_back\" >A pattern of walking it back<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/altmans-u-turn-from-wanting-an-ai-ceo-to-no-one-does\/#Conviction_or_convenience\" >Conviction or convenience<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-main-content\">\n<p>In November, Sam Altman wanted OpenAI to be the first big company run by an AI boss. He said it would be an embarrassment if it were not. This week, he said people do not want an AI boss at all.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShame on me if OpenAI is not the first big company run by an AI CEO,\u201d he said on the Conversations with Tyler podcast last year. He framed being beaten to it as a failure.<\/p>\n<p>Eight months later, on the Invest Like the Best podcast, he took the opposite view, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/sam-altman-ai-ceo-humans-work-future-2026-7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Business Insider reported<\/a>. The OpenAI boss now says the market wants a human in the chair.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe world wants to know about the person that\u2019s going to be responsible for the decisions of a company,\u201d Altman said. \u201cAnd they don\u2019t really want an AI CEO.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_pattern_of_walking_it_back\"><\/span>A pattern of walking it back<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"inarticle-wrapper latest channel-cta hs-embed-tnw\">\n<div id=\"hs-embed-tnw\" class=\"channel-cta-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"channel-cta-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media.thenextweb.com\/hardfork-2018\/uploads\/visuals\/tnw-newsletter.png\"\/><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.thenextweb.com\/hardfork-2018\/uploads\/visuals\/tnw-newsletter.png\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"channel-cta-input\">\n<p class=\"channel-cta-title\">The \ud83d\udc9c of EU tech<\/p>\n<p class=\"channel-cta-tagline\">The latest rumblings from the EU tech scene, a story from our wise ol&#8217; founder Boris, and some questionable AI art. It&#8217;s free, every week, in your inbox. Sign up now!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The reversal fits a habit. Altman has spent the past year softening the maximalist predictions that made his name.<\/p>\n<p>He once warned that AI would wipe out \u201centire classes\u201d of jobs. He now says he is delighted to be wrong about the short-term hit to entry-level work. It is part of a wider narrative flip. The bosses who warned AI would take your job now insist it will not.<\/p>\n<p>His explanation is that people still prefer people. \u201cI definitely would much rather engage with a person than engage with an AI for almost everything,\u201d he said. He pointed to art. \u201cYou read a novel, you want to know about the person behind it.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conviction_or_convenience\"><\/span>Conviction or convenience<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>There is an obvious tension. Altman sells the most aggressive vision of AI in the industry. A message that humans remain irreplaceable suits him. His tools take the blame for cutting jobs and flooding feeds with machine-made content.<\/p>\n<p>He does gesture at something real. AI can now do much of what people do. It still stumbles on the judgment a good manager or artist brings. Altman admits the industry lacks the vocabulary for it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe world may need a new kind of word for the kind of judgment that people are very good at, that AIs seem to really deeply struggle with,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>It is a striking thing to concede. This is the man who recently wanted to hand his own job to a machine. Whether the humans keep the corner office, or Altman changes his mind again, is the open question.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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