Sun Microsystems Founder Vinod Khosla
"80% of Human Jobs to Be Replaced Within 25 Years" Prediction
"Change May Be Disruptive and Confusing," Expresses Concern
Vinod Khosla, co-founder of Sun Microsystems in the United States, predicted that "within 25 years, 80% of the work done by humans will be replaced by artificial intelligence (AI)." However, he also added a warning that such a situation could be dreadful.
On the 31st (local time), the U.S. online media Semaphore introduced an interview with Khosla, who recently claimed that "in the future, AI could liberate humanity from work."
Khosla, an Indian-American, is the co-founder of Sun Microsystems, which developed Java, the most widely used computer programming language, and the founder of the investment firm Khosla Ventures. In 2014, he was also listed among the 400 richest people in the United States by Forbes as a billionaire.
He also gained attention as an early investor along with Microsoft and others when OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT, transitioned from a nonprofit to a for-profit company in 2019.
In the interview, Khosla said, "This great change is an opportunity for humanity to be free from work," and predicted, "People will eventually do what they want to do, when they want to do it."
Khosla stated, "I started thinking about the future of humanity and AI since 2014," and added, "I believed that most media would be created by AI and education would also be greatly affected."
However, Khosla also forecasted that the process of most jobs transitioning to AI would not be smooth. He expressed concern, saying, "That change will be very chaotic, and it could harm people or destroy lives," and "becoming a utopia through that could be dreadful."
He went on to say that more research is needed to advance the recent AI boom, and many major powers are competing to gain superiority in AI.
He explained, "Countries like Rwanda and Brazil cannot fund their own AI research, while China is setting five-year plans and focusing on it."
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