A Few Thousand Days: When Everyone Gets a Team of PhDs

Sam Altman's 2024 essay 'The Intelligence Age' claims superintelligence could arrive within 'a few thousand days' and that every teenager and freelancer will command a personal team of virtual experts. Daniel and Emily stress-test the timeline, the mechanism, and who actually wins when expertise becomes cheap. ## Hosts ### Daniel Altman Daniel Altman is a computer scientist and AI strategist with a background in engineering, quantitative research, and emerging technologies. He studies how technological breakthroughs reshape industries, markets, work, and human capabilities. ### Emily Carter Emily Carter is a business strategist and former technology product leader with experience building digital products and studying how innovation reaches millions of users. She focuses on AI adoption, business transformation, work, education, entrepreneurship, and leadership. ## Sources - https://blog.samaltman.com/the-intelligence-age ## Episode Information Language: en Published: 2026-09-13T00:34:22.005274+00:00