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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman visited IIT Delhi (around Feb 23-25, 2026) and delivered a no-holds-barred message to students: the biggest mistake young people are making while preparing for the AI era is “listening to old people” for career advice — including traditional paths pushed by parents or even his own predictions about how fast things will change. He urged them to quickly build and trust their own intuitions because the world is shifting too rapidly for old maps to work. Some jobs will vanish, but exciting new ones (that don’t even exist yet) will appear. He encouraged embracing risk (especially relevant in risk-averse India), highlighted “zero-person companies” as a huge underrated opportunity, and said the biggest transformation in the next 5 years will be in education. Balanced take: don’t be blindly excited or fearful about AI — be thoughtful.