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I'm confident that a lot of current customer support that happens over a phone or computer, those people will lose their jobs and that'll be better done by an AI.

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Sam Altman: “I'm confident that a lot of current customer support that happens over a phone or computer, those people will lose their jobs and that'll be better done by an AI.

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From "OpenAI CEO On Jobs AI Will Kill | Sam Altman @ Tucker Carlson" (AI as is).

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