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Tech leaders say AI will change what it means to have a job

Tech leaders say AI will change what it means to have a job

Updated October 18, 2023 at 1:53 a.m. ET

LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. — Artificial intelligence will likely lead to seismic changes in the workforce, eliminating many professions and requiring a societal overhaul of how people spend their time, prominent technology executives said Tuesday.

Speaking at the Wall Street Journal’s Tech Live conference on Tuesday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the changes could affect some people more severely than others in the economy, even as society as a whole improves. That will likely be difficult to convince those most affected, he said.

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