Sam Altman — head of OpenAI, architect of ChatGPT, and a man staring grimly into the future — has published an essay. Not a motivational post, not a whitepaper, not an ad for a new API. It’s a text about where we really are with artificial intelligence, where it’s heading, and why your iPhone is no longer just a gadget, but the last frontier of freedom. If you don’t have the time or desire to read it — I’ve already digested it for you. Below are the choice cuts. No polish, no PR-gloss. Just a taste of reality.
We’re already past the line
AI stopped "catching up" to humans a while ago. It’s overtaking us — quietly, without the fanfare. Not everyone sees it: especially those still prompting with “write a cool little post” and wondering why the result is trash. But those who get it, who’ve integrated AI into data flows, business processes, creative work — they’re moving at a different speed. The rest still think ChatGPT is just a chatbot. It’s not. It’s a console for a new kind of thinking. And those who still don’t get it — either adapt or fall offline with a one-way ticket to the past.
Adapt or get out
Forget fantasies about a sudden revolution. There won’t be a morning when AI brings you a cappuccino and calls you an Uber. It’s already happening. Just smoothly. Exponentially. Every month — a new API, a new tool, a new integration. If you want to stay in the game — level up. If not — enjoy your cozy world of Excel and ZIP files.
The Future Roadmap According to Altman
2025 — Intelligent agents won’t just execute tasks. They’ll generate strategies, write code, analyze markets. And do it better, faster, and without lunch breaks.
2026 — AI will go beyond human reasoning. It’ll start producing ideas that would never cross our minds. Welcome to the age of the unexpected.
2027 — Physical robots finally become working hands. Not sci-fi — normality. And yes, if you’re a manager with zero skills — the robots are already flexing their fingers at you.
Age of abundance? Or a startup-deck illusion?
Altman dreams that cheap intelligence and energy will lead us to a new era of abundance. Space, medicine, agrotech, education — all more accessible. Utopia? Maybe. But the logic is sound: the cheaper thinking becomes, the more we can do. Just hope no one’s standing nearby with red eyes and a shotgun. If the plan works — awesome. If not — stock up on lead.
The Human Still Matters (Surprisingly)
AI can’t love. Can’t feel. Can’t replace friendship, empathy, or Friday-night nonsense in the group chat. That’s still on us. But if you’ve decided to “live without tech,” you’ve basically been boxed up for a museum. Humanity will remain. But only for those wired into the digital context.
The Real Risks — and They’re Very Real
Alignment — AI must operate within human values. TikTok and Instagram already hijacked your attention. Tomorrow, AI might hijack motivation, thinking, and will. We need control. Or at least the illusion of it.
Access — Superintelligence shouldn’t belong to five bearded dudes in some theoretical San Francisco loft. If we don’t make it open, decentralized, and accessible — we get a smiling digital dictatorship with a Siri accent.
This isn’t “about the future” anymore. It’s the present — banging at your door. If you’ve read this far — congrats, you’re still in the game. But time is short. Upgrade yourself, think sharper, act faster. Or step aside. Because chaos doesn’t ask for permission. It just walks in — and takes the wheel.
Serge Ovsyanik, Editor-In-Chief