- Sam Altman explains that AI hasn't led to shorter workweeks because humans inherently love to work and compete with others.
- Technology has long promised more leisure time, but mass-scale four-hour workweeks have never been achieved, and Altman doesn't expect AI to change that.
- Altman argues that human expectations rise with capabilities, leading people to invent new products, ambitions, and problems rather than reducing work hours.
- People have a genuine desire to create, contribute, and feel useful, which will persist even as AI takes over more tasks.