OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has shared how he feels that there is a big difference between ChatGPT users in India and the United States. According to Altman, Americans seemed more pessimistic about artificial intelligence, Indians are more optimistic and continue to use AI tools to develop businesses, solve problems and explore new opportunities.
In a recent podcast with Raj Shamani, Altman has discussed why India is more welcoming of AI than the US. He also revealed that India has overtaken the US in terms of number of ChatGPT users.
India Has More ChatGPT Users Than The US
Shamani asked Altman why Indians seem more interested in AI than Americans, the OpenAI CEO highlighted the rising number of ChatGPT users in India. He said, “First of all, India is like our biggest market in the world by ChatGPT users and growing very quickly. And, you know, there’s incredible builder energy of people using it. There are more ChatGPT users in India than the US.”
Altman also talked about how Indians are using AI tools to turn their ideas into reality. He said, “I just heard about some Indian kid that needed to do some fundraising for his school and had never done fundraising before and was able to get the full stack of it done with a set of our tools. And it was awesome.”
According to the OpenAI CEO, the economic growth and the demand for products and services may be among the reasons why India carries a positive attitude for AI. He explained, “One thing that many people have observed is that countries that are developing faster and where the economy is growing faster, and there’s like more of a need for products and services and like, there’s just huge undersupply are more welcoming of AI than more developed economies.”
He also pointed out that Americans are generally skeptical of powerful individuals and technology companies. He said, “Well, I think the US has great skepticism of people in power, and in particular of like, the just enormous power that the tech industry holds. In some ways, it does feel to me like it’s gone a little far.”
