Altman spoke about the AI habits of baby boomers and millennials

Baby boomers, millennials, and Generation Z perceive and use artificial intelligence differently. This statement was made by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.

According to him, the older generation tends to understand AI as an advanced search engine. Millennials often use the technology as a digital therapist, while modern students see it as a universal assistant, relying on it for everything.

"This is an oversimplification, but older generations use ChatGPT like Google. Users aged 20-30 use the chatbot as a life advisor," noted Altman

He compared the generational gap in the context of AI usage to the early days of smartphones. Back then, young people adapted quickly, while older people needed more time.

"College students use it as an operating system. They configure ChatGPT in complex ways, connect it to files, and recall or save detailed prompts. It's impressive. Some do not make life decisions without consulting the chatbot, which has complete information about the people in their lives and past conversations," added the CEO of OpenAI.

In April, the startup significantly improved ChatGPT's memory. Now it remembers all of the user's conversations.

Recall that in the same month, Altman reported that OpenAI spent tens of millions of dollars on responses to users who wrote "please" and "thank you." However, this makes no sense, as being polite to AI models is a waste of computational resources.