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Meta CEO Predicts AI Will Create Jobs if Productivity Outpaces Automation, as Company Cuts 8,000 Roles
Mark Zuckerberg argued during a Complex interview that AI will create more jobs if workers boost output faster than automation advances. He also discussed Meta's recent AI investments and May layoffs that cut roughly 8,000 roles.
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said he does not believe AI will inevitably cause widespread layoffs. He made the remarks in a recent live interview for Complex's Idea Generation series. Zuckerberg stated that more jobs will result if employees raise their productivity faster than companies improve automation.
"If you focus on empowering people and making people more productive and that happens at a faster rate than companies get better at automating things, then in theory there should be more jobs in the future, not less," he said. " Zuckerberg contrasted that approach with efforts to build personal super intelligence that empowers individuals.
Meta has spent billions of dollars to recruit AI talent and shift its strategy, a move Zuckerberg described as a reboot.
The company's SuperIntelligence Lab is less than a year old. In recent weeks Meta released Muse Spark, its first large language model since investing $14 billion in Scale AI. Meta AI chief Alexandr Wang led the release.
As of April, Meta reported total headcount of 77,986, up 1 percent from a year earlier. In May the company eliminated roughly 8,000 positions, or about 10 percent of its workforce, including roles in integrity, cybersecurity, and content design teams.
