{"id":1584279,"date":"2026-05-20T15:11:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T15:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xjXirJXAiTxXMd3gtnNB7A"},"modified":"2026-05-20T15:11:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T15:11:03","slug":"if-engineers-are-becoming-three-or-four-times-more-productive-then-we-just-want-to-do-three-or-four-times-more-stuff-google-deepmind-ceo-reckons-ai-induced-job-cuts-arent-inevitable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/if-engineers-are-becoming-three-or-four-times-more-productive-then-we-just-want-to-do-three-or-four-times-more-stuff-google-deepmind-ceo-reckons-ai-induced-job-cuts-arent-inevitable\/","title":{"rendered":"‘If engineers are becoming three or four times more productive, then we just [want to] do three or four times more stuff’: Google DeepMind CEO reckons AI-induced job cuts aren’t inevitable"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Efficiency gains are often cited as the <\/em>reason to bring more AI into the workplace, though concerns over resulting job losses are never far behind<\/a>. It might surprise you, then, to learn that the head of Google DeepMind, Demis Hassabis, actually thinks job cuts caused by AI are not the way forward.<\/p>\n

Today’s wealth of machine learning tools means that anyone can vibe code\u2014including this dog<\/a>. Still, Hassabis thinks it’s premature to call time on software development as a profession. \u201cI have no idea why people are going around talking with certainty about that,\u201d Hassabis told Wired this week<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In that same conversation, he later went on to criticise companies looking to replace engineers with AI, saying, “I think it’s a lack of imagination\u2014and a lack of understanding of what’s really going to happen.”<\/p>\n

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