Vinod Khosla, a renowned investor and co-founder of Sun Microsystems, has made a bold prediction about the future of work for upcoming generations. In a recent interview with Fortune Magazine, Khosla stated that artificial intelligence will be capable of performing up to 80% of current jobs by the early 2030s, radically transforming the labor market. According to Khosla, it is unlikely that today's children will need to seek employment in the future. The founder of Khosla Ventures, known for his visionary bets in technology, was the first institutional investor in OpenAI in 2019, contributing $50 million in one of the largest initial investments of his career. During the interview, published on Wednesday, Khosla argued that accelerated advancements in AI and robotics will make human labor practically unnecessary in about 15 years, ushering in an era of abundance and lower prices. In this new scenario, people will be able to pursue their true passions without the pressure of working for economic necessity. "The need to work will disappear," Khosla asserted. "People will work on what they are passionate about, not because they have to do it to survive." He also criticized repetitive manual jobs, such as assembly line or agricultural work, calling them "servitude" rather than jobs. Khosla joins other tech leaders who anticipate the disappearance of traditional professions. Recently, Boris Cherny, creator of Claude Code, predicted that AI could soon eliminate the software engineer position. Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, also foresees that AI will eliminate up to 50% of entry-level administrative jobs. The investor clarified that his vision is not pessimistic, as long as the United States manages to lead the technological race against China, which he defined as a "techno-economic war." According to Khosla, the country that dominates AI will determine the future of global economic power and enjoy a society with greater access to technology, lower prices, and less labor exploitation. "By 2040, I suspect that $30,000 will allow you to buy much more than what you can acquire today with $100,000," Khosla concluded. Source: businessinsider.es