ChatGPT: Google replacement, life advisor, operating system. Sam Altman on AI's generational divide.

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"Older people use ChatGPT as a Google replacement. Maybe people in their 20s and 30s use it as a life advisor or something. And then people in college use it as an operating system." Perhaps one of the most interesting insights from Sam Altman's talk at Sequoia Capital's AI Ascent was about the ways in which different generations use ChatGPT. He observed a stark divide: The youngest users, according to Sam, have developed sophisticated workflows—connecting ChatGPT to files, memorizing complex prompts, and integrating it deeply into their decision-making processes. This generational adoption pattern mirrors what happened with smartphones, suggesting that AI tools may follow a similar trajectory of eventual mainstream integration.