Comment by Sam Altman

If it's hard in many of our current jobs to outwork a GPU, then that [power balance between labor and capital] changes. [...] The next few years are going to be a painful adjustment.
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AI Verified Fortune’s March 12, 2026 article attributes these remarks to Sam Altman, and a transcript of his March 11, 2026 BlackRock Infrastructure Summit talk gives the fuller wording: “Capitalism has also depended on somewhat of a power balance between labor and capital, but if it’s hard in many of our current jobs to outwork a GPU, then that changes,” followed shortly by, “I think the next few years are going to be a painful adjustment.” The bracketed phrase in your version is a clarifying insertion for Altman’s “that,” but the quote is otherwise authentic and correctly attributed. ([fortune.com](https://fortune.com/2026/03/12/sam-altman-ai-labor-capital-jobs-nobody-knows//)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 18d ago
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