Regarding whether ChatGPT will replace human work, Lin Yifu, a well -known economist in China, believes that with the "blessing" of artificial intelligence, human beings may only work for one day a week in the future.
According to China News Agency, Lin Yifu, Honorary Dean of the National Development Research Institute of Peking University and Dean of the New Structural Economics Research Institute on Wednesday (March 29) at the Boao Forum for Asia 2023Said, instead of worrying, people should actively embrace technological changes.
At the "World Economic Outlook" sub -forum held on the same day, Lin Yifu said that in the face of the rise of reform technology, people will see the improvement of productivity and increase in opportunities; on the other handEmployment, work and lifestyle brings challenges and threats.
"To deal with this challenge, we can learn from experience and lessons from history." Lin Yifu said that at the beginning of industrialization, when humans found that machines could do better, we worried that our work would be being being able to be being able to be being able to be.replace.But now we look back, this technological development and progress requires people to embrace the whole heart, because the improvement of productivity is the basis for human progress and improvement of living standards.
Lin Yifu does not deny that technological changes will disappear and reduce some positions, but he believes that this also gives people more opportunities to enjoy life.For example, in the early days of the Industrial Revolution, almost everyone needs to work for seven days a week, 12 hours a day; now people only need to work for five days a week and eight hours a day.In the future, when artificial intelligence, artificial intelligence takes a lot of work, people may only use one day of work every week and five hours a day, so they need to embrace such opportunities.