Godfather of AI Says 2026 Could Be the "Job Shock" Year | Vantage with Palki Sharma

2025 was the year AI stepped into the workforce like an uninvited intern - eager, brilliant, occasionally wrong, and sometimes fired before lunch. Everyone feared an AI job apocalypse, led by warnings from Geoffrey Hinton, the Godfather of AI himself. His prediction? 2026 could bring even bigger capability leaps and more job losses. But this year also showed us the other side of the story—AI can automate fast, but it can’t replace empathy, complex expertise, or the unpredictable spark of human creativity. Palki Sharma brings you the full story.

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