Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates said jobs are “an artefact of the shortage,” arguing that employment structures exist because of historical labour scarcity. With artificial intelligence (AI) advancing, he believes productivity has reached a point where not everyone needs to work.
Speaking at Express Adda, an event organised by The Indian Express, Gates urged people to rethink traditional ideas of work. “As you move away from human-driven action being a necessity, you get a lot more leisure time, and it becomes almost a philosophical question—a…