JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon predicts AI will cut the working week to 3.5 days, cure cancers, and free up time for hobbies

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Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. Jamie Dimon says the working week could shrink to 3.5 days over the next 30 years due to AI. JPMorgan's CEO said AI will cure cancers, make planes and cars safer, and free up time to hike. Dimon advised the next generation to hone skills such as communication and teamwork. AI-generated summary Summaries are generated by an AI model trained on Business Insider's articles. AI may make mistakes or provide inaccurate/incomplete information. We're unable to load that answer right now. Please try again. How might AI impact work-life balance? How could AI change healthcare? How can youth adapt to AI advancements? What skills are vital in the AI era? What is the future of job markets with AI? Jamie Dimon says AI will make life better for the next generation — and young people can set themselves up for success by honing certain skills. Loading audio narration... JPMorgan's CEO predicted during a recent CBS interview that 30 years from now, people will "probably be working 3.5 days a week.""They'll probably live until 100, and a lot of the diseases that afflict a lot of us, they won't get," Dimon continued. "There'll be cures for cancer, cars will be safer, planes will be safer." The next generation will be able to "hike more" and "do all the things" that people today don't have time to do, he added."The risk is if it's too fast," Dimon said, flagging the possibility of AI causing painful upheaval in the job market. He said that governments, businesses, and other stakeholders need to work together to find solutions to those issues if they crop up, as "to cry in spilled milk isn't going to fix it."Asked how a young person can get ahead in the AI era, Dimon offered several recommendations. "Learn to think," he said. "Talk to everybody. Have deep curiosity about the world."Communication, teamwork, and emotional intelligence are also key, he said, adding that having a work ethic and purpose helps too. "Their lives are going to be more complex than ours were," Dimon said, predicting future workers will have a greater number of jobs over the course of their careers.Dimon made a similar prediction about AI in the fall of 2023. "Your children will live to 100 and not have cancer because of technology and they'll probably be working three and a half days a week," he told Bloomberg at the time.Other business leaders have made grand predictions about how technology will change the way people live. Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates said in late 2023 that AI could mean humans "don't have to work so hard" and might "only have to work three days a week" as AI will supercharge productivity. [can we get a more recent perspective here — from 2025 latest]Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has said that work would eventually become "optional" like "playing sports or a video game." More recently, he predicted that saving for retirement would be "irrelevant" in 20 years because AI and other innovations will create so much abundance that nobody will need a nest egg.