Google CEO Says We're All Going to Have to Suffer Through It as AI Puts Society Through the Woodchipper

Google CEO Says We're All Going to Have to Suffer Through It as AI Puts Society Through the Woodchipper

Ask just about any job seeker in the US how the labor market is doing, and you’re liable to get an earful. Months upon months of stale job growth have led to a “low-hire economy,” a situation where workers have little leverage over companies, resulting in low wage growth, a rise in freelance hires compared to full-time, and ever-worsening benefit packages. At the same time, AI has never been buzzier. Even as real-world efficiency gains seem to b…

Google CEO Says No Job is Safe as AI Puts Society Through Disruption

Sundar Pichai is giving a strong warning about the future of work amid the AI job disruption. The CEO of Alphabet (Google‘s parent company) says that artificial intelligence is about to cause huge problems in society that people will just have to “work through.” He thinks that AI is the “most profound technology humanity is ever working on.” Pichai also states that its potential to help comes with big changes to the job market. This message from…