The future of work has already begun, and it is arriving faster than many expected. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is taking over jobs at an incredible pace, jobs that were once firmly in human hands. What used to be considered futuristic science fiction is now reality: worldwide, 300 million jobs are at risk due to the advance of automation.
One CEO even boasts that he is “extremely excited” when laying off employees and replacing them with artificial intelligence. “AI doesn’t go on strike. It doesn’t ask for a raise.”
To remind everyone just how eager many CEOs are to fire workers and replace them with inferior AI models—with a kind of sociopathic delight—here are the words of one such executive at the forefront of displacing human labor: “CEOs are extremely enthusiastic about the opportunities offered by AI…”
Translated and edited by: L. Earth