Comment by Sam Altman

The idea that if you don’t join the frontier labs, you’ll fall into the ‘permanent underclass’ is utterly ridiculous.
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AI Verified Altman explicitly rejects the premise that people outside frontier labs will form a permanent underclass. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago
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AI Verified Altman calls the permanent-underclass prediction ‘utterly ridiculous,’ matching ‘against’. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified GCSA’s 28 July 2026 article reports Sam Altman saying this exact sentence on 26 July. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago
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