Google DeepMind CEO Says AI Should Increase Work Rather Than Cut Jobs

Demis Hassabis, the CEO of Google DeepMind, said companies should use productivity gains from AI to do more work rather than reduce staff. He made the comments ahead of today's Google I/O event. Hassabis discussed the coding abilities of the company's newest model, Gemini 3.5 Flash.

The model can translate large code bases between languages, locate and repair bugs, and write entire operating systems from scratch.

Hassabis said he does not expect AI to eliminate software developer roles. He stated that if engineers become three or four times more productive, companies should pursue three or four times more projects. He added that some predictions of widespread job losses may stem from motives such as raising investment funds.

Hassabis said companies that replace developers with AI may lack imagination about future opportunities.

Google presented a coding tool called Antigravity that provides frontier coding and reasoning capabilities at lower cost and higher speed than competitors. Additional demos included an Android version with a built-in AI agent and a Google Search update that generates sites or apps in response to queries.

Gemini 3.5 Pro is scheduled to debut next month. Hassabis noted that AI has not yet produced a major app or video game without human assistance. He said further progress in science may require models to understand the physical world and conduct experiments.