
THE QUESTION
If you no longer needed to work to live, what would you do with your life?
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In some contexts, it is realistic to fear a significant and rapid contraction in available jobs.
AI will affect almost 40 percent of jobs around the world, replacing some and complementing others.
Generative AI could transform roughly 40% of working hours.
It is urgent to act now.
Among 22–25-year-olds, employment in highly AI-exposed occupations is about 19% below the trajectory it would have followed if it had kept pace with similarly aged workers in less-exposed occupations.
Ultimately, the revolution in work is still a long way off.
One in four jobs worldwide is potentially exposed to generative AI — but transformation, rather than replacement, is considered the most likely outcome.
170 million jobs created. 92 million displaced. Forecast net gain: 78 million jobs by 2030.
AI and emerging digital technologies are expected to increase overall employment in Europe — but the gains may be uneven, with greater risks for younger and lower-skilled workers.
At companies most exposed to AI, headcount has grown faster than at the least-exposed companies: +52% versus +36% since 2018.
Who owns it, who profits from it … and who pays the environmental and political bill?
Workers in China are already reporting layoffs, lower wages and career changes linked to AI, while the country simultaneously accelerates AI deployment.
China can build kung-fu-fighting humanoid robots. They still struggle, for the most part, to do useful factory work.
Technology does not eliminate work. The nature of jobs changes.
Technology can eliminate jobs and increase insecurity if its benefits flow first to companies rather than workers.
AI investment will catalyse job creation.
My prediction is that work will be optional. Money will stop being relevant at some point in the future.
Within the next decade, intelligence will become free.
AI will not make humans redundant. It may instead create labor shortages by making far more projects possible than human capacity allows today.
I’m glad to have been wrong about this. I thought the impact on eliminating entry-level white-collar jobs would have been greater than it actually has been.
An automated AI researcher, with a significant fraction of research potentially performed by AI systems alongside human researchers by March 2028.
Millions of people could lose their jobs or be forced to change professions, and entire professions could disappear as a result of AI.
Creating new jobs in an AI-powered economy.
It is not going to replace human beings. It will never replace human beings.
The development of AI should not be the work of a single country, but a symphony played by all.
AI is transforming the organization of work and skills, but can become a driver of growth and decent job creation.
A company without humans. Argentina is considering a legal status allowing a company to be owned and operated by AI agents or robots, without a human shareholder.
It is impossible to stop this wave of change. Our responsibility is to manage it in a controlled manner.
14.2% of jobs at risk of automation in high-income economies. 4.5% in low- and middle-income economies. AI offers a lifeline to developing economies in an era of weak growth.
AI is no longer only assisting workers. It is beginning to replace them.
We are not yet seeing the negative effects of AI on employment that many people predict. AI replaces tasks more than entire jobs.
The productivity promise of AI fascinates and terrifies me. Teaching or care can be automated. That does not mean the human relationship can be replaced without degrading the service.
If machines produce everything we need, the outcome will depend on how things are distributed.
North Korean IT workers are using AI to pretend to be Western remote workers — and get hired.
Work is not only a way to earn a living. It also helps people build themselves, do interesting things and create relationships with others.
A society in which AI produces enormous wealth can still be a bad society if that wealth is concentrated and humans are condemned to idleness they did not choose.
The student has AI write the paper. The professor has another AI grade it. Both humans are finally freed from work. But then — who is communicating with whom?
We must not demand unilateral sacrifice from workers solely in the name of productivity gains.
Not using AI means risking being left behind.
AI will probably not eliminate the majority of jobs.
AI must improve people’s lives or it will lose social support.
The more productive AI makes us, the more work we will have.
12 hours of work per week. 4 hours a day, 3 days a week.
Her assignments stopped after the arrival of ChatGPT. Her clients preferred using automated tools rather than paying for her writing.
I’m no longer paid to write a text from A to Z. Clients send me AI-generated text and ask for a ‘simple proofread’ or a quick correction. Obviously, the budgets have shrunk.
I’m not worried at all. I don’t think my job will ever be replaced by a machine, simply because you need a real human being to look after children’s safety and emotions.
In some contexts, it is realistic to fear a significant and rapid contraction in available jobs.
AI will affect almost 40 percent of jobs around the world, replacing some and complementing others.
Generative AI could transform roughly 40% of working hours.
It is urgent to act now.
Among 22–25-year-olds, employment in highly AI-exposed occupations is about 19% below the trajectory it would have followed if it had kept pace with similarly aged workers in less-exposed occupations.
Ultimately, the revolution in work is still a long way off.
One in four jobs worldwide is potentially exposed to generative AI — but transformation, rather than replacement, is considered the most likely outcome.
170 million jobs created. 92 million displaced. Forecast net gain: 78 million jobs by 2030.
AI and emerging digital technologies are expected to increase overall employment in Europe — but the gains may be uneven, with greater risks for younger and lower-skilled workers.
At companies most exposed to AI, headcount has grown faster than at the least-exposed companies: +52% versus +36% since 2018.
Who owns it, who profits from it … and who pays the environmental and political bill?
Workers in China are already reporting layoffs, lower wages and career changes linked to AI, while the country simultaneously accelerates AI deployment.
China can build kung-fu-fighting humanoid robots. They still struggle, for the most part, to do useful factory work.
Technology does not eliminate work. The nature of jobs changes.
Technology can eliminate jobs and increase insecurity if its benefits flow first to companies rather than workers.
AI investment will catalyse job creation.
My prediction is that work will be optional. Money will stop being relevant at some point in the future.
Within the next decade, intelligence will become free.
AI will not make humans redundant. It may instead create labor shortages by making far more projects possible than human capacity allows today.
I’m glad to have been wrong about this. I thought the impact on eliminating entry-level white-collar jobs would have been greater than it actually has been.
An automated AI researcher, with a significant fraction of research potentially performed by AI systems alongside human researchers by March 2028.
Millions of people could lose their jobs or be forced to change professions, and entire professions could disappear as a result of AI.
Creating new jobs in an AI-powered economy.
It is not going to replace human beings. It will never replace human beings.
The development of AI should not be the work of a single country, but a symphony played by all.
AI is transforming the organization of work and skills, but can become a driver of growth and decent job creation.
A company without humans. Argentina is considering a legal status allowing a company to be owned and operated by AI agents or robots, without a human shareholder.
It is impossible to stop this wave of change. Our responsibility is to manage it in a controlled manner.
14.2% of jobs at risk of automation in high-income economies. 4.5% in low- and middle-income economies. AI offers a lifeline to developing economies in an era of weak growth.
AI is no longer only assisting workers. It is beginning to replace them.
We are not yet seeing the negative effects of AI on employment that many people predict. AI replaces tasks more than entire jobs.
The productivity promise of AI fascinates and terrifies me. Teaching or care can be automated. That does not mean the human relationship can be replaced without degrading the service.
If machines produce everything we need, the outcome will depend on how things are distributed.
North Korean IT workers are using AI to pretend to be Western remote workers — and get hired.
Work is not only a way to earn a living. It also helps people build themselves, do interesting things and create relationships with others.
A society in which AI produces enormous wealth can still be a bad society if that wealth is concentrated and humans are condemned to idleness they did not choose.
The student has AI write the paper. The professor has another AI grade it. Both humans are finally freed from work. But then — who is communicating with whom?
We must not demand unilateral sacrifice from workers solely in the name of productivity gains.
Not using AI means risking being left behind.
AI will probably not eliminate the majority of jobs.
AI must improve people’s lives or it will lose social support.
The more productive AI makes us, the more work we will have.
12 hours of work per week. 4 hours a day, 3 days a week.
Her assignments stopped after the arrival of ChatGPT. Her clients preferred using automated tools rather than paying for her writing.
I’m no longer paid to write a text from A to Z. Clients send me AI-generated text and ask for a ‘simple proofread’ or a quick correction. Obviously, the budgets have shrunk.
I’m not worried at all. I don’t think my job will ever be replaced by a machine, simply because you need a real human being to look after children’s safety and emotions.
In some contexts, it is realistic to fear a significant and rapid contraction in available jobs.
AI will affect almost 40 percent of jobs around the world, replacing some and complementing others.
Generative AI could transform roughly 40% of working hours.
It is urgent to act now.
Among 22–25-year-olds, employment in highly AI-exposed occupations is about 19% below the trajectory it would have followed if it had kept pace with similarly aged workers in less-exposed occupations.
Ultimately, the revolution in work is still a long way off.
One in four jobs worldwide is potentially exposed to generative AI — but transformation, rather than replacement, is considered the most likely outcome.
170 million jobs created. 92 million displaced. Forecast net gain: 78 million jobs by 2030.
AI and emerging digital technologies are expected to increase overall employment in Europe — but the gains may be uneven, with greater risks for younger and lower-skilled workers.
At companies most exposed to AI, headcount has grown faster than at the least-exposed companies: +52% versus +36% since 2018.
Who owns it, who profits from it … and who pays the environmental and political bill?
Workers in China are already reporting layoffs, lower wages and career changes linked to AI, while the country simultaneously accelerates AI deployment.
China can build kung-fu-fighting humanoid robots. They still struggle, for the most part, to do useful factory work.
Technology does not eliminate work. The nature of jobs changes.
Technology can eliminate jobs and increase insecurity if its benefits flow first to companies rather than workers.
AI investment will catalyse job creation.
My prediction is that work will be optional. Money will stop being relevant at some point in the future.
Within the next decade, intelligence will become free.
AI will not make humans redundant. It may instead create labor shortages by making far more projects possible than human capacity allows today.
I’m glad to have been wrong about this. I thought the impact on eliminating entry-level white-collar jobs would have been greater than it actually has been.
An automated AI researcher, with a significant fraction of research potentially performed by AI systems alongside human researchers by March 2028.
Millions of people could lose their jobs or be forced to change professions, and entire professions could disappear as a result of AI.
Creating new jobs in an AI-powered economy.
It is not going to replace human beings. It will never replace human beings.
The development of AI should not be the work of a single country, but a symphony played by all.
AI is transforming the organization of work and skills, but can become a driver of growth and decent job creation.
A company without humans. Argentina is considering a legal status allowing a company to be owned and operated by AI agents or robots, without a human shareholder.
It is impossible to stop this wave of change. Our responsibility is to manage it in a controlled manner.
14.2% of jobs at risk of automation in high-income economies. 4.5% in low- and middle-income economies. AI offers a lifeline to developing economies in an era of weak growth.
AI is no longer only assisting workers. It is beginning to replace them.
We are not yet seeing the negative effects of AI on employment that many people predict. AI replaces tasks more than entire jobs.
The productivity promise of AI fascinates and terrifies me. Teaching or care can be automated. That does not mean the human relationship can be replaced without degrading the service.
If machines produce everything we need, the outcome will depend on how things are distributed.
North Korean IT workers are using AI to pretend to be Western remote workers — and get hired.
Work is not only a way to earn a living. It also helps people build themselves, do interesting things and create relationships with others.
A society in which AI produces enormous wealth can still be a bad society if that wealth is concentrated and humans are condemned to idleness they did not choose.
The student has AI write the paper. The professor has another AI grade it. Both humans are finally freed from work. But then — who is communicating with whom?
We must not demand unilateral sacrifice from workers solely in the name of productivity gains.
Not using AI means risking being left behind.
AI will probably not eliminate the majority of jobs.
AI must improve people’s lives or it will lose social support.
The more productive AI makes us, the more work we will have.
12 hours of work per week. 4 hours a day, 3 days a week.
Her assignments stopped after the arrival of ChatGPT. Her clients preferred using automated tools rather than paying for her writing.
I’m no longer paid to write a text from A to Z. Clients send me AI-generated text and ask for a ‘simple proofread’ or a quick correction. Obviously, the budgets have shrunk.
I’m not worried at all. I don’t think my job will ever be replaced by a machine, simply because you need a real human being to look after children’s safety and emotions.