Great new documentary. People who claim there will still be jobs after superintelligence don’t understand what superintelligence means. https://t.co/puXj1OpWRU
— Max Tegmark (@tegmark) March 5, 2025
Short Answer: YES
IF you don’t do something about it… BUT what to do?
One of the most alarming aspects of AI is its impact on the job market and the economy. Advancements in AI threaten to render most human jobs obsolete and completely disrupt our current economic models, yet little is being done to prepare for the impending shock. In the film, I explore the future implications of automation on the economy and the job market through interviews with many experts, such as “The Godfather of AI,” Geoffrey Hinton; 2024 Nobel Prize winner in Economics Daron Acemoglu; Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI; and many others. 00:00 Opening – Sora and the end of Hollywood. 01:27 Less Brown and ChatGPT. 02:54 Chapter 1 – Things Are moving Fast – AI and robotics advancement and its influence on jobs. 06:12 Chapter 2 beginning – is AI a bubble? 08:11 IMF paper about AI uncertain future + AI age of abundance. 10:24 Will AI create more jobs? or will it make most human jobs obsolete? 13:09 AI is coming for the cognitive class. 14:34 The industrial revolution 1 15:18 The transition is the danger. 16:42 The industrial revolution 2 17:41 Chapter 3 – What is the Plan? The danger in concentration of power in the hands of few. 19:41 The end of Capitalism + there is no plan to deal with what’s coming. 23:42 – Chapter 4 – Universal Basic Income (UBI). 30:13 – The problem of meaning when jobs will become obsolete. 32:13 – Epilogue.