The head of America’s largest bank (1) has a bold vision for what artificial intelligence will do to your working life — and an equally frank warning about the pain it could cause along the way.
In a recent interview with CBS, reported by Business Insider, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon painted an optimistic long-term picture of AI’s impact on society, saying he believes that 30 years from now, your kids will “probably be working three and a half days a week (2).”
“They’ll probably live to 100, and a lot of the diseases that afflicted a lot of us, they won’t get. There’ll be cures for cancer, cars will be safer, planes will be safer.”
It’s a vision Dimon has been articulating for years. He made a nearly identical prediction in fall 2023, telling Bloomberg that the next generation would live to 100 (3), “not have cancer because of technology” and would “probably be working three and a half days a week.”
The catch: Getting there could be rough
But the rosy long-term picture comes with a significant near-term caveat. “The risk is if it is too fast,” Dimon told CBS (4), noting the chance of AI driving widespread job displacement before workers and institutions have time to adapt.
He said governments and businesses need to collaborate to find ways forward. “To cry in spilled milk isn’t going to fix it,” he added.
That concern is backed by data. Goldman Sachs research estimates that if AI adoption continues for roughly a decade, around 6–7% of the U.S. workforce could be displaced during the change (5). If adoption happens sooner, the labor market impact would be considerably bigger.
Joseph Briggs, co-lead of the company’s global economics team, believes “the big story in 2026 in labor will be AI.”
Goldman Sachs also notes that younger workers in tech-exposed roles are already seeing disproportionate effects (6): unemployment among 20–30-year-olds in those occupations has spiked by nearly three percent since early 2025.
And entry-level job postings have fallen sharply, too, down roughly 35% since January 2023, according to Revelio Labs (7).
In a separate Fox News interview, Dimon noted JPMorgan already has a retraining and redeployment plan for its own workforce, and he’d like to see a similar federal-level approach (8).
“We have had some job losses because of AI,” he said. “But most of those people are offered jobs elsewhere. They’re smart, they’re devoted, they’re patriots.”
What’s important for young workers
Asked by CBS what young people can do in the AI era to get ahead, Dimon gave practical advice that has nothing to do with coding (9).
“Learn to think. Talk to everybody. Have deep curiosity about the world.” He also emphasized that communication, teamwork, emotional intelligence, work ethic and a sense of purpose will matter.
“Their lives are going to be more complex than ours were,” he predicted, adding that future workers should expect to hold more jobs throughout their careers.
A growing chorus of tech optimists
Dimon isn’t alone in predicting an AI-driven transformation of work. According to Fortune, Elon Musk has claimed that work will eventually become “optional” within 10 to 20 years, comparing having a job to growing vegetables in your backyard — something people do by choice, not necessity (10).
Musk also predicted that saving for retirement would become “irrelevant” as AI creates so much abundance that traditional nest eggs won’t be needed (11).
Additionally, Bill Gates believes AI could address issues like doctor shortages easily and inexpensively, Business Insider notes (12), although he isn’t sure about the impact on people. “What will jobs be like — should we just work two or three days a week?” he asked.
For everyday workers, the takeaway from Dimon’s remarks is a split reality: an optimistic long-term horizon, and a near-term transition that could be disruptive in ways that fall unevenly on different workers.
The question of whether governments and businesses move fast enough to cushion that transition may be the defining financial issue of the next decade.
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Originally written by: Emma Caplan-Fisher
Source: Yahoo! Finance
Published on: 6 April 2026
Link to original article: Is AI about to take your job? What Jamie Dimon says every American worker needs to know now
