Summers: AI Could Replace Most Jobs Within a Generation, Sparking Economic Upheaval

Larry Summers predicts AI could replace almost all human labor within a generation, calling it the biggest economic shift since the Industrial Revolution
Summers believes AI will eventually substitute doctors making diagnoses before replacing nurses' ability to comfort patients
Summers made the predictions while speaking at an event in Hong Kong last week in his capacity as an OpenAI board member
The predictions come even as the current US job market remains robust, with 303,000 jobs added in March and unemployment at 3.8%
Summers is a prominent economist, having previously served as Treasury Secretary