Bill Gates says humans could have 2-day work week within 10 years thanks to AI

It's good news... I guess?

The Microsoft co-founder says that humans will no longer be needed “for most things,” and so we will need to rejig how we work.

During an appearance on Jimmy Fallon's The Tonight Show, he said: “What will jobs be like? Should we just work like two or three days a week?”

Gates has previously spoken out about work-life balance, telling Trevor Noah's podcast: "If you zoom out, the purpose of life is not just to do jobs."

In 2023, when ChatGPT was still in its infancy, Gates declared that AI would “eventually” allow us to work shorter weeks, with three days becoming the norm.

While in conversation with Fallon, the 69-year-old opened up about what other changes humanity can expect to see.

Namely, he singled out two job roles that could end up being replaced by AI - teaching and doctors.

“With AI, over the next decade, (intelligence) will become free, commonplace—great medical advice, great tutoring,” Gates said. 

“There will be some things that we reserve ourselves for, but in terms of making things and moving things and growing food—over time, those will be basically solved problems,”  he added.