Sam Altman

Despite AI advances, people in 2025 will spend their time mostly the same way they did in 2024.

“Life will go on mostly the same in the short run, and people in 2025 will mostly spend their time in the same way they did in 2024.”

Said on

9 February 2025 · Blog post "Three Observations" on blog.samaltman.com

Source

Three Observations · Sam Altman

Should come true

2025

How sure they sounded

will (stated as fact)

Categories

AI

Importance

2 of 5 · A near-term claim about the pace of AI's social impact; modest stakes.

Outcome

Accurate

The BLS American Time Use Survey for 2025 (released June 2026) shows daily time allocations (work, sleep, leisure, household activities) broadly in line with prior years, with no AI-driven upheaval in how people spent their time.

Evidence:

• https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/atus_06252026.htm
• https://www.bls.gov/tus/charts/