“Father of AI” Geoffrey Hinton: Legal Assistants Will Become Obsolete, Expert Predicts 99% Unemployment
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Geoffrey Hinton, the 2024 Turing and Nobel laureate, predicts that AI will replace repetitive intellectual jobs, such as legal assistants, within just two years. Other experts, including Dr. Roman Yampolskiy, warn that unemployment could reach 99% as no profession remains truly immune to AI.
White-Collar Jobs Hit Hardest
Many still believe their jobs are “safe” from the AI wave, especially professions requiring specialized skills. However, Geoffrey Hinton—the so-called “father of AI”—suggests that mindset may soon change.
Hinton, who has spent 50 years researching artificial intelligence and received the Turing Award (considered the “Nobel Prize of computer science”), says the impact of AI on the labor market is approaching fast. In a conversation on the podcast The Diary of a CEO, he predicts that some occupations could “disappear” within the next two years.
Unlike previous technological revolutions, which often created new types of jobs, AI tends to directly replace white-collar work. “I believe that for repetitive intellectual jobs, AI will replace nearly everything,” he said. He clarifies that AI does not entirely eliminate a profession, but by enabling humans to work more efficiently, businesses will no longer require as many employees as before.
Looking at specific professions, Hinton considers plumbers relatively safe. Conversely, roles such as legal assistants or law clerks are expected to become unnecessary in the near future.
Hinton’s views are supported by data. Microsoft recently released a report scoring occupations by AI adoption potential, showing that the most vulnerable jobs are predominantly white-collar. The top five at risk include translators/interpreters, historians, flight attendants, service sales staff, and writers/authors.
“No Job Is Truly Immune”
In another episode of The Diary of a CEO, Dr. Roman Yampolskiy, a computer science professor and leading AI safety expert, offered a bleaker outlook. He suggested the world could face unemployment rates as high as 99%.
“It’s not a question of if this will happen, but how long until you get laid off,” Dr. Yampolskiy emphasized.
Skepticism remains. When Microsoft’s list of AI-vulnerable jobs was shared, some questioned its accuracy. Comments included, for example: “Historians? Knowing facts and analyzing them are two different things.”
Yet, according to Dr. Yampolskiy, the general mindset—that one’s job is “special” and safe—is misleading. Experts insist that no profession is truly immune.
Data from the World Economic Forum (WEF) reinforces this warning. WEF’s Future of Jobs 2023 report predicts that 83 million jobs globally will be displaced by AI by 2027. This shift will span multiple industries, rather than being concentrated in one sector. The most crucial step for workers is to proactively adapt, learning to use and collaborate with new technologies.
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