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Roman Yampolskiy Says AI Could Drive 99% Unemployment by 2030

The University of Louisville professor links a near-term AGI timeline to sweeping automation, diverging sharply from mainstream forecasts.

Overview

  • Yampolskiy told the Diary of a CEO podcast that joblessness could reach 99% within about five years, a projection reported by Business Insider and KRON4.
  • He estimates artificial general intelligence could arrive as early as 2027, asserting that capability would quickly extend across most occupations.
  • Roles often seen as resilient, including software developers and prompt engineers, were cited as vulnerable to automation by advanced systems.
  • He said software would replace computer-based tasks first, with humanoid robots potentially automating physical labor roughly five years behind.
  • He cautioned that capability does not ensure immediate deployment and warned that governments lack programs to handle mass displacement or its societal effects.