Comment by lolinder

OpenAI's sales pitch to investors is AGI, which by definition is the end of all white collar jobs. That's the line they have held onto for years and still push forward today.

And regardless, even if it were "marginal improvements to productivity" as you say, it would be "marginal improvements to productivity packaged in a form that people will definitely buy from us", not "we'll pioneer the tech and then be one of a half dozen vendors of a commodity that's racing to the bottom on price".