‘India is most enthusiastic to transform with AI’: Sam Altman on Nikhil Kamath’s podcast; urges 25-year-olds to…

Altman argued that tasks that once required years of expertise or entire teams, coding, marketing, legal review, customer service, can now be tackled with AI acting as a collaborator. “You could use GPT-5 to help you write the software for a product, handle customer support, draft marketing plans, even review legal documents,” he explained.

He praised India’s entrepreneurial drive and eagerness to embrace AI tools, noting that feedback from Indian users has already influenced OpenAI’s work. Comparing this moment to the personal-computer boom of his youth, Altman said the difference today is scale, “People are now limited only by the quality and creativity of their ideas.”
In the show, Altman speaks about wide-ranging topics ranging from Artificial Intelligence to the future of society, and even to personal reflections on marriage and parenthood.

Altman also reflected on how AI could reshape economics and society. He predicted a future where negative interest rates, universal basic income, and new forms of wealth distribution, like sovereign wealth funds or experimental currencies, become part of everyday life.

On a personal note, he described becoming a parent as “the coolest, most amazing, most emotionally overwhelming experience” of his life. Looking ahead, he expressed hope that as AI frees up time and resources, family and community will return to the center of people’s lives. “It’s a problem for society that those things have been in retreat,” he said.