Lin Yifu imagines the future of artificial intelligence: humans may only need to work one day a week

Boao, March 3 (ZXS) -- Will artificial intelligence technology represented by ChatGPT rob human beings of their "jobs"? Lin Yifu, honorary dean of the National Institute of Development of Peking University and dean of the Institute of New Structural Economics, said at the 29 annual meeting of the Boao Forum for Asia on the 29th that instead of worrying about this, people should actively embrace technological change. In his imagination, with the "blessing" of artificial intelligence, human beings may only need to work one day a week in the future.

At the World Economic Outlook sub-forum held on the same day, the impact of artificial intelligence on employment attracted the attention of participants. Ahmed Saeed, vice president of the Asian Development Bank, laughed that the forum moderator may be "the last job replaced by artificial intelligence" because language, ideas and creativity are the most difficult parts of AI technology to overcome.

Taking this conversation, Lin Yifu said that in the face of the rise of transformative technology, people will see increased productivity and opportunities on the one hand; On the other hand, it is felt that this poses challenges and threats to employment, jobs and lifestyles.

"To meet this challenge, we can learn from history," says Lin, adding that at the beginning of industrialization, when humans discovered that machines could do better, they also worried that their jobs would be replaced. But now in retrospect, this technological development and progress needs to be embraced wholeheartedly, because increased productivity is the foundation of human progress and rising living standards.

Lin doesn't deny that technological change will make some jobs disappear and some jobs be lost, but he believes it also gives people more opportunities to enjoy life. For example, in the early days of the Industrial Revolution, almost everyone needed to work 7 hours a day, 12 days a week; Now people only work 5 hours a day, 8 days a week. In the future, when AI takes on a lot of work, people may only have to work one day a week, 5 hours a day, so embrace such opportunities. (End)

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