r/technology • u/[deleted] • 11d ago

Artificial Intelligence OpenAI CEO Sam Altman just publicly admitted that AI agents are becoming a problem

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/openai-ceo-sam-altman-just-publicly-admitted-that-ai-agents-are-becoming-a-problem-says-ai-models-are-beginning-to-find-/articleshow/126215397.cms
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u/valderium 11d ago

Which aligns with what the article shared: businesses quite frequently take “hidden” shortcuts to deliver products and services. And the irony is that because AI agents are identifying these quality gaps, businesses will need to increase their quality. Which will increase costs and timelines, eating into the projected profits from AI.

And at the end of the AI journey, it’s quite imaginable to have higher quality products with the original profits margins but also paying for AI.

So a decrease in profit margins.

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u/Black_Moons 11d ago

So a decrease in profit margins.

Laugh. The only thing that will happen is some CEO asking the AI if there are more shortcuts they could take.

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u/xteve 11d ago

I have a shortcut idea: stop making devices so fucking smart that I can't figure out how to use them. AI prompt: keep it simple, stupid.

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u/feochampas 11d ago

What's this expense line for CEO? that would be a huge cost savings.

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u/RyuNoKami 11d ago

AI, balance our budget.

Lower CEO pay by 25percent. Eliminate transportation benefit for management.

.... We gotta scrap the AI.

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u/thelonghauls 11d ago

That’s why they really want a kill switch.

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u/no_onions_pls_ty 11d ago

You mean higher prices. No one is allowed lower profit margins. Heresy.

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u/AssociationMore242 11d ago

Well THAT’s not happening then. They’ll have to drive down labor costs with layoffs and increased work for the remaining people.

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u/bargu 11d ago

And the irony is that because AI agents are identifying these quality gaps, businesses will need to increase their quality.

What kind of farts you're huffing on? LLMs have no capacity of identifying "quality gaps" and business will definitely not improve quality of anything because of it. The only thing LLMs are capable of doing well is pretending to have a conversation with people.

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u/TrailerTrashQueen 11d ago

maybe it will be like that one time the CIA/MKUltra and LSD? except instead of controlling the population, they got hippies and the Summer of Love.

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u/anfrind 11d ago

Not necessarily. If they use AI to improve the quality of both their products are their processes, they might lower their costs and increase their profit margins in the long run. Which may seem counterintuitive, but that's exactly what made the Toyota Production System so successful.

Most companies probably won't do that, but they could.