The number of jobs in the future is endless because the problems to solve are endless. Jobs multiply as we get more complex. No AI or human …

The number of jobs in the future is endless because the problems to solve are endless. Jobs multiply as we get more complex. No AI or human can solve all problems and all the work to do in the Universe because those problems are limitless. The problems are endless and infinite. Technology and automation are nothing but abstractions. The old way gets automated and we move up the stack to solve more problems. We used to live in mud huts. Hammers and nails and boards automated parts of the old problem of "build a place to live." Once solved we got more complex houses and buildings that brought their own problems as they brought more complexity, so we got new jobs like stone mason and architect and more. Complexity breeds new problems and new solutions and new jobs. When we got steel and concrete we got skyscrapers. Each problem solved is an abstracted solution for a previous problem that stacks on top of other abstractions. That's all that automation and technology is at the deepest levels. The jobs are endless because the problems to solve are endless. Understand this and you understand the future. Misunderstand it and your error compounds and radiates out, corrupting your understanding. Brilliant explanation from Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on AI's job effect: In software, AI makes coding faster, but that does not mean fewer engineers are needed. Before AI, we could write 1 billion lines of code; now, with AI, we can aim for 1 trillion.

Source: Yann LeCun (X) | 2026-05-03