Openai CEO Sam Altman shares a perspective on the future of artificial intelligence (AI), highlighting that the current form factors for smartphones and computers are not suited to the true potential of AI. In an episode of the popular “People by WTF” podcast by Nikhil Kamath, co-founder of Zerodha Altman The need for new, unbintry hardware that can embody the “AI companion” of science fiction dreams has been highlighted.In the conversation, Altman said that people have long relied on devices that are “on or off,” but the nature of advanced AI demands a continuous and contextual presence.“You really want to have as much context as possible with AI, do things for you and be proactive,” said Altman, highlighting the major changes from traditional human-computer interactions.
Altman says smartphones aren't always there
He explained that he doesn't think that a phone in your pocket or hand can provide intelligent alerts, active support and timely reminders to suit your desire for AI to act as a companion all day long.“I think the current form factor for computers is not correct for that at all. They have either on or off the binaries that we don't think are what we want… AI companionAltman pointed out.
Sam Altman about what Openai is designing with former apple designer Jony Ive
This debate comes amid widespread speculation about Openai's foray into Hardware, particularly following his collaboration with former Apple design chief Jony Ive. Altman squeezed his lips tightly about details of his work with Ive, but he said the duo always aims to “try multiple products” to make it ubiquitous for AI.“The world experiments with many of them [new form factors]He said, pointing to possibilities such as glasses, wearables, small tabletop devices. Altman emphasized that it is about building “ambient physical hardware” that can host AI companions.
