"60 Minutes" warning: AI could
take 40% of jobs
Kai-Fu Lee talks to Scott
Pelley. (CBS News)
40% of the world’s jobs could be done by
machines as soon as 15 years from now, one of the world’s foremost experts on
artificial intelligence, venture capitalist Kai-Fu Lee, tells Scott Pelley on
the coming edition of "60
Minutes":
- "AI will
increasingly replace repetitive jobs, not just for blue
collar work, but a lot of white collar work."
- "Chauffeurs, truck drivers —
anyone who does driving for a living — their jobs will be disrupted ... in
the 15-25 year time frame."
"Many jobs that seem a little bit
complex — chef, waiter, a lot of things — will [also] become automated,"
Lee continues.
- "I believe [AI] is going to
change the world more than anything in the history of mankind. More than
electricity."
- See
a clip.
I asked Axios future editor Steve LeVine how we should
think about this.
- "Mike, yes this is
credible," Steve emails. "It's the baseline
consensus."
- "The question then becomes
can our societies train and retrain these workers — often in entirely different
professions — fast enough to prevent a Gilded Age-style worker
crisis."
- "Since we have barely begun
even talking about this, there are doubts and profound worries."
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