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Sam Altman's warning: companies and the end of the world

October 10, 2026
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“I think AI will almost certainly lead to the end of the world. In the meantime, there will be great companies.” Sam Altman said this in June 2015, when he was running Y Combinator and had not yet founded OpenAI. Eleven years later, El Confidencial revisits the quote because both halves remain part of the conversation

“I think AI will almost certainly lead to the end of the world. In the meantime, there will be great companies.” Sam Altman said this in June 2015, when he was running Y Combinator and had not yet founded OpenAI. Eleven years later, El Confidencial revisits the quote because both halves remain part of the conversation about artificial intelligence. But they are not at the same stage, are they? We can already see companies growing around AI. The “end of the world” is not something that has happened. Exactly. The article describes the comment as a mix of irony and concern. The business side refers to a development we can observe. The other raises a risk concerning future systems, rather than a proven prediction.

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