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Vinod Khosla Predicts AI Will Automate 80% of Jobs as Layoffs Surge

Urging students to become generalists with AI tutors set to replace degrees, Khosla’s forecast follows reports linking over 27,000 layoffs to automation

Vinod Khosla pressed on a mindset-first approach and pointed out traits that define successful entrepreneurs across sectors.
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Overview

  • Khosla told Nikhil Kamath’s podcast that within five years AI will handle 80 percent of economically valuable work currently done by humans.
  • He argued AI-driven tutors offering personalized, free education could render traditional college degrees obsolete.
  • A Challenger, Gray & Christmas report shows AI has directly caused more than 27,000 job cuts since 2023, making it one of the top drivers of layoffs.
  • Major technology firms have shed over 100,000 positions so far in 2025 as companies integrate AI tools and restructure their workforces.
  • Public anxiety over AI-driven displacement was underscored by a viral Reddit post in which a husband abandoned parenthood plans out of fear there would be no future jobs.