“Asked whether his 2017 prediction that AI would displace 50% of human jobs by 2027 still holds: "It's actually uncannily accurate. People have criticized me for being too aggressive in 2017, 2018, 2019, and I was a little nervous."”
Chairman & CEO, Sinovation Ventures; former president of Google China
Said Mar 2024Deadline Dec 31, 2027Fortune Innovation Forum, Hong Kong, March 27–28, 2024 (reported by Fortune, May 25, 2024)
Resolves at the end of 2027 against measured job displacement; as of 2026 aggregate labor-market data show nothing approaching 50% displacement.