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- Original source
- Rowan Cheung
- Published
- 2026-08-04
- Primary topic
- AI Policy
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On AI taking jobs: A farmer from 50 years ago would say your job today isn't real work. When I interviewed Sam Altman a few months back, this was how he explained the future of work: "Not only would they not believe you that this thing was gonna happen, they very likely would look at what you do or I do and say, that's not real work." "If you're farming... you're keeping people alive. And you people of the future -- life just got too easy for you... you're playing a game to fill your time and your need to feel important." "To us, though, it feels real. Certainly, to me it feels real." "If we could see those jobs of the future, we would be like: okay, maybe our jobs were not as real as a farmer's job, but it's a lot more real than this game you're playing to entertain yourself." "I have some short-term worries as we go through this transition, but I'm so willing to bet on human drives being what they are. I think we'll find plenty of things to do." Video
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On AI taking jobs: A farmer from 50 years ago would say your job today isn't real work. When I interviewed Sam Altman a few months back, this was how he explained the future of work: "Not only would they not believe you that this thing was gonna happen, they very likely would look at what you do or I do and say, that's not real work." "If you're farming... you're keeping people alive. And you people of the future -- life just got too easy for you... you're playing a game to fill your time and your need to feel important." "To us, though, it feels real. Certainly, to me it feels real." "If we could see those jobs of the future, we would be like: okay, maybe our jobs were not as real as a farmer's job, but it's a lot more real than this game you're playing to entertain yourself." "I have some short-term worries as we go through this transition, but I'm so willing to bet on human drives being what they are. I think we'll find plenty of things to do." Video
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