Former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates recently declared that “humans were not born to work,” raising major questions about the future of work in an increasingly automated world.
According to him, the development of Artificial Intelligence will allow the automation of production and services on an unprecedented scale, gradually reducing the need for human labor. “Jobs exist because we have shortages. When these shortages disappear, jobs will disappear too,” Gates said.
However, he also raised fundamental questions about the future: What will people do with all this free time? How will society adapt to a new system, where work is no longer the center of life?