Sam Altman on what you need to do to survive in the age of artificial intelligence.
"You are about to enter the greatest golden age of human possibility..."
To thrive in that world, the skills that matter most are:
- Deep familiarity with the tools
- Staying abreast of changes
- Developing a great intuition for AI tools, where things are going, and how to make use of it
- Resilience and the ability to learn things fast and evolve yourself with technology
I know most of this stuff is a pretty big no-brainer for anyone paying attention, but here's the takeaway:
AI upskilling and keeping up with AI are possibly the most important skills in the world right now.
And the most fascinating part is that new AI developments and tools come out so fast that everyone is constantly learning.
I'd be willing to bet that if you're a complete beginner but spend 3 months of dedicated learning, you'd be fully caught up to power users.
In other words:
Spend 3 months learning → work 2-4x faster and future-proof yourself.
There's so much opportunity for anyone who just starts now.

Action plan for a busy person wanting to learn AI today:
1. Sign up for The Rundown AI newsletter and read it every morning. You'll keep up with every new development in AI and learn why it matters
2. Highlight any tool, feature, or development from the newsletter you want to explore later. Add it to your notes, Notion, bookmarks, etc.
3. Spend 2 hours every Sunday testing out your highlights, reading further, and creating use cases to slowly start streamlining aspects of your work
Bonus points:
- Join and be active in a community on X, Discord, Circle, or just a group chat with your friends/family. Sharing and teaching what you learn will help you retain the knowledge, and learning as a group combines brainpower
- Join The Rundown AI University for in-depth, step-by-step use cases and tutorials delivered to you daily, weekly live workshops, and 1:1 support from me