Zoom CEO- Eric Yuan has expressed hope that in the future people will not need to work 5 days a week because AI agents will handle routine tasks. An AI agent is different from a typical AI chatbot. It has the ability to complete any work.
Speaking to The Wall Street Journal, Eric Yuan said that he does not think that people will need to work 5 days a week, because this responsibility will be taken over by AI agents. To understand AI agents, we need to know current AI usage.
- At present, people commonly use AI or AI chatbots.
- AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Google Gemini, with which people interact.
- You can get a part of any work done with AI chatbot like asking to search cheap flight tickets from Delhi to Mumbai.
- AI agent will be its advanced form.
- The AI agent will not only search for cheap flights from Delhi to Mumbai for you, but will also book the ticket for you.
- He will make the payment through your card or UPI and will also inform you by sending the ticket on email.
Daily tasks will be automated
Zoom CEO Yuan predicts that everyday tasks will be automated in the future due to the increasing use of AI agents. Yuan has been conducting his earnings calls with the help of an AI agent for the past year. During this his AI-generated avatar appears.
people will have free time
Yuan said he was not advising people to stop their work. Just want to point out that people will have more free time than before. It can be used in new ideas. People can spend more time with their families.
So will the salary decrease?
A question arises that if due to AI they have to work only for 4 days instead of 5 days, then it will affect people’s salaries. Its signs are not visible at present. Companies like OpenAI have already suggested that big companies should try a 4-day work trial without cutting the salaries of their employees. This method can also be that employees are asked to work on new ideas. At the same time, Jamie Dimon, CEO of American company JP Morgan Chase, has said that in the future, if AI becomes a part of work, people may have to work 3 and a half days a week.
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