Perplexity CEO to youngsters: Spend less time on Instagram

Perplexity

CEO

Aravind Srinivas

has a message for young people: ditch the endless

social media

scrolling and start mastering artificial intelligence tools instead. Speaking in a Thursday interview with Matthew Berman, Srinivas urged people to "spend less time doomscrolling on Instagram; spend more time using the AIs."The CEO warned that those who fail to adapt to

AI technology

will be left behind in the

job market

. "People who really are at the frontier of using AIs are going to be way more employable than people who are not," Srinivas said. "That's guaranteed to happen."

AI adoption challenges test human adaptability limits

Srinivas acknowledged that keeping pace with rapidly evolving AI technology poses significant challenges for most people. "Human race has never been extremely fast at adapting," he said, noting that AI technology evolves every three to six months, testing "the limits in terms of how fast we can adapt."

The Perplexity chief predicted that some workers will inevitably lose their jobs due to their inability to keep up with AI advances. However, he sees entrepreneurship as the solution to potential job displacement.

Entrepreneurs must drive new job creation as AI reshinks teams

As AI reduces headcounts across industries, Srinivas believes new employment opportunities must come from entrepreneurs rather than traditional companies. "Either the other people who lose jobs end up starting companies themselves and make use of AIs, or they end up learning the AIs and contribute to new companies," he explained.His comments align with broader industry concerns about AI's impact on employment.

Anthropic

CEO

Dario Amodei

recently predicted AI could eliminate 50% of white-collar entry-level positions within five years, while AI pioneer

Geoffrey Hinton

warned that artificial intelligence will replace workers in "mundane intellectual labor." However, other tech leaders like Nvidia's Jensen Huang take a more optimistic view, suggesting AI will transform rather than eliminate jobs entirely.