AI and jobs
Whether AI displaces human work, which jobs go first, and what replaces them.
Where they stand
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Andrej Karpathy
Holds · 25 Sept 2025
Most current predictions about AI's imminent impact on the job market are naive.
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Sam Altman
Holds · 10 Jun 2025
AI will eliminate whole classes of jobs, but the wealth it creates will make policy responses affordable that were previously unthinkable.
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David Heinemeier Hansson
Holds · 24 Apr 2025
However capable AI coding tools become, the industry will still need junior programmers, because someone must be able to vet what the machine produces.
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25 Sept 2025
Andrej Karpathy quoted
HoldsMost current predictions about AI's imminent impact on the job market are naive.
There are a lot of imo naive predictions out there on the imminent impact of AI on the job market.
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10 Jun 2025
Sam Altman quoted
There will be very hard parts like whole classes of jobs going away, but on the other hand the world will be getting so much richer so quickly that we’ll be able to seriously entertain new policy ideas we never could before.
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24 Apr 2025
David Heinemeier Hansson quoted
However good AI gets, we're always going to need people who know the ins and outs of what the machine comes up with.
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7 Apr 2025
David Heinemeier Hansson quoted
HoldsUniversal basic income is at most a small part of the answer to AI-driven job loss.
The purpose of work is not just about earning your keep, but also about earning a purpose and a place in the world.
↗Universal Basic Dead Endworld.hey.com
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