Futurist David Patterson predicts by 2030 everyone will be unemployed and every disease cured
CatAstro_Piyush · x · 2026-10-23
A widely shared quote from futurist David Patterson makes extremely bullish AGI predictions: by 2030 everyone will be unemployed, all remaining science and technology will be developed, there will be a cure for every disease, and universal high income payments will be worth ten times today's average salary.
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