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Sam Altman says how people use ChatGPT reflects their age  and college
students are relying on it to make life decisions

Date:
Tue, 13 May 2025 10:52:09 +0000

FULL STORY

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says the way users interact with ChatGPT changes
depending on the user's age. 

Whether that's "older people who use ChatGPT as a Google replacement," or
"people in their 20s and 30s who use it like a life advisor," Altman says the
interactions with AI differ depending on when you were born. 

Speaking at Sequoia Capital's AI Ascent event, Altman said that while it was 
a "gross oversimplification," real trends are appearing in terms of how
individuals use ChatGPT. In the YouTube video, which you can watch below,
Altman, most interestingly, says that "people in college use it as an
operating system." 

He goes into more detail by explaining how younger individuals interact with
ChatGPT and AI as a whole by using it "to connect it to a bunch of files, and
they have fairly complex prompts memorized in their head or in something 
where they paste in and out." 

Altman adds, "There's this other thing where they don't really make life
decisions without asking ChatGPT what they should do. It has the full context
on every person in their life and what they've talked about." 

More and more users are indeed turning to ChatGPT for life discussions and
therapy, and I've even noticed friends and family opting for genuine
conversations with the chatbot about major decisions.

Should you use ChatGPT to make life decisions?

Reading the headline to this article, you might be ready to dismiss the whole
idea of using AI and ChatGPT as a genuine 'life tool'. However, there are 
some real benefits to continuously talking to AI before making a decision. I
find ChatGPT to be a good starting point for researching a topic when I'm
thinking about smaller life decisions. 

For example, thanks to its memory features, ChatGPT can remember all of my
discussions related to my hobbies, and give me tips when I need them. For
example, I use ChatGPT to help motivate me with my Peloton use, and sometimes
I need advice on what program or class to take next. 

ChatGPT knows what I've used in the past, and what types of Peloton classes I
enjoy doing, and helps me to make a decision based on my preferences. This
same functionality can be used across a broad range of topics. 

I'm a 30-year-old man who barely uses TikTok, so I can't even imagine how Gen
Z interact with ChatGPT. However, I wouldn't be surprised if Altman is
correct, and there are indeed many people out there who no longer make bigger
life decisions without the input of AI, which to me sounds a little worrying.

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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/computing/artificial-intelligence/sam-altman-says-ho
w-people-use-chatgpt-depends-on-their-age-and-college-students-are-relying-on-
it-to-make-life-decisions

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