By Sasha Rogelberg
Publication Date: 2026-03-24 16:57:00
Tech executives have offered foreboding visions of the future of work due to AI, with ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott predicting unemployment will exceed 30% in a matter of years.
But Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas says that’s nothing to be afraid of.
People should embrace the future of AI job displacement, Srinivas said in an episode of the All-In podcast released on Monday and recorded at Nvidia GTC last week. While AI may lead to unemployment, that job displacement subsequently frees people from careers they may not have enjoyed, he suggested. This, instead, gives them opportunities to pursue entrepreneurship.
“The reality is most people don’t enjoy their jobs,” Srinivas said. “There’s suddenly a new possibility, a new opportunity, to go use these tools, learn them, and start your own mini business…Even if there is temporary job displacement to deal with, that sort of glorious future is what we should look forward to.”
AI-related layoffs are already on the horizon. Last month Block CEO Jack Dorsey reduced 40% of his staff, saying “intelligence tools have changed what it means to build and run a company.” The 4,000 laid-off Block employees are part of a total of more than 101,000 AI-linked job losses in the U.S. since February 2025, according to data compiled by the nonprofit the Alliance for Secure AI.
However, some economists argue potential job displacement as a result of AI has been drastically overstated. Oxford Economics…
