‘Godfather of AI’ Says Bill Gates and Elon Musk Are Right About the Future of Work—but He Predicts Mass Unemployment Is on Its Way

‘Godfather of AI’ says Bill Gates and Elon Musk are right about the future of work—but he predicts mass unemployment is on its way

While tech leaders paint a positive future where work is optional thanks to AI, the ‘Godfather of AI’ Geoffrey Hinton warns they’re “betting on AI replacing a lot of workers.”

‘Godfather of AI’ Geoffrey Hinton Warns of Mass Unemployment

WASHINGTON, December 4, 2025 – Geoffrey Hinton, the Nobel Prize-winning computer scientist often called the “Godfather of AI,” has backed predictions from Bill Gates and Elon Musk about artificial intelligence upending the workforce, while forecasting significant unemployment as tech firms invest heavily in systems that replace human labor more cheaply. Speaking with U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders at Georgetown University, Hinton argued that AI’s e…