DeepSeek Founder's Grim Prediction: "Most Human Jobs Will Disappear"

 

“DeepSeek, one of the key competitors of OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, has joined the discussion about the impact of artificial intelligence on our world.

 

The company's researchers state directly: Within 10-20 years, most human jobs will be taken over by AI.

 

The Chinese startup DeepSeek, which shook the AI ​​market at the beginning of the year, has publicly spoken for the first time about the future of this technology. Instead of optimism, a researcher from the company – during the World Internet Conference in Wuzhen – presented a bleak picture of the world. He predicts that artificial intelligence will take over most tasks performed by humans within a maximum of two decades.

200,000 jobs have already fallen victim to AI

 

Chen Deli, a senior researcher at DeepSeek, appeared on a panel with leaders from five other leading Chinese technology companies, known in the country as the "six little dragons of AI." However, his speech was far from a celebration of global success. When asked about the strategy that brought the company notoriety, Chen adopted an alarmist tone. His statement strongly contrasted with the typical enthusiasm of Silicon Valley.

 

The Chinese rival of OpenAI initially stated that he is extremely positive about the technology, although he immediately added that he negatively perceives the impact it may have on society. In his opinion, artificial intelligence could take over most human jobs in just 10-20 years.

 

He emphasized that this revolution will create "enormous challenges for the entire social structure." In his opinion, therefore, an additional burden should rest on AI companies. They cannot simply be innovators; they must also assume the role of "defenders" and acknowledge the real risk of widespread disruption in the job market. As he explained, the vision of AI systems becoming fully capable of performing tasks traditionally reserved for humans is not science fiction. In fact, it's already happening.

 

According to the latest analyses from Surfshark, employees worldwide have already been involved in over 700 "incidents and threats" related to the use of artificial intelligence. Almost one-third of these occurred in the United States, and as many as 72 percent of the reported cases involved "economic and property damage" to employees. This primarily concerned layoffs resulting from AI implementations. The data indicates that this affected at least 200,000 jobs this year. Which jobs? As Surfshark explains in the report, these include customer service, sales administration, IT, design, and copywriting. They also caution that the actual scale of the phenomenon may be larger, as not all job losses are directly attributed to artificial intelligence, and the data does not include positions that were never created.

Employees are not keeping up with the changes

 

– In addition to the direct impact on job losses, the implementation of artificial intelligence in business also carries serious concerns related to security and privacy. AI tools often process extensive datasets containing sensitive personal data, which raises the risk of data breaches, unauthorized access, and misuse. Furthermore, poorly secured artificial intelligence models are vulnerable to cyberattacks, manipulation, and so-called "adversarial attacks." "Prompt injection, which can lead to system failures," warns Tomas Stamulis, Director of Security at Surfshark. He emphasizes that AI's ability to process vast amounts of data is both its greatest advantage and a serious threat if left unchecked.

 

"It can compromise privacy and security in the blink of an eye," he adds.

 

The weight of all these threats is even greater because employees are "lost" when confronted with AI. Analyses show that – although in Poland businesses haven't yet fully embraced bots, as only 43 percent of respondents admit that their employer offers "advanced AI tools" – 40 percent of employees openly admit that they can't keep up with AI innovations. According to research by Rocketjobs.pl and Justjoin.it, two-thirds of us use this technology at work, but only one in five at an advanced level."