‘Godfather of AI’ says billionaires like Elon Musk are right about the future of work—but he predicts mass unemployment is on its way
Artificial intelligence could dramatically change how much we work—or whether some jobs exist at all. While tech leaders like Jensen Huang, Bill Gates, and Elon Musk envision a future where AI reduces the need for human labor, Geoffrey Hinton is warning that the transition could also bring widespread unemployment.
No one knows exactly which version of the future will unfold. But the range of predictions makes one thing clear: the way Americans work and earn is changing. We have an opportunity now to think seriously about how our economic systems should evolve alongside it.