Overview
- Shane Legg, Google DeepMind co-founder and chief AGI scientist, told Professor Hannah Fry that AI may eliminate many work-from-home roles.
- He offered a rule of thumb that any job done online using only a computer is at risk of replacement by AI.
- He predicted software organizations could shrink teams from about 100 engineers to roughly 20 as advanced tools take over much of the work.
- He said AI is moving beyond assistance toward professional-level performance in mathematics, coding and complex knowledge tasks over the coming years.
- He argued that AI could deliver major productivity gains yet warned the core challenge will be how societies share the benefits and support affected workers.