OpenAI CEO Sam Altman acknowledges that AI can change the workforce and replace some jobs for good — but instead of focusing on AI's effects on recent college graduates, Altman is more concerned about the technology's impact on soon-to-be retirees .

In a podcast episode of " Huge Conversations " with Cleo Abram, released last week, Altman said that he was "more worried" about what AI meant for "the 62-year-old that doesn't want to go retrain" than the "22-year-old" just graduating college. The reason? Young people are "the best" at readily adjusting to changes brought on by technology, even when that technology replaces jobs .

"I think it's totally true that some classes of jobs will totally go away," Altman said on the podcast. "This always happens, and young people are the best

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