--- title: The biggest question about AI is what humans will do next description: A technology advisor argues that the deepest question raised by AI automation is not whether jobs disappear but what people will do with the freed-up time and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-biggest-question-about-ai-is-what-humans-will-do-next-fsuiy7hio twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The biggest question about AI is what humans will do next | daily.dev og:description: A technology advisor argues that the deepest question raised by AI automation is not whether jobs disappear but what people will do with the freed-up time and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-biggest-question-about-ai-is-what-humans-will-do-next-fsuiy7hio og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/fsUiY7hiO.png og:image:alt: The biggest question about AI is what humans will do next og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The biggest question about AI is what humans will do next **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A technology advisor argues that the deepest question raised by AI automation is not whether jobs disappear but what people will do with the freed-up time and structure that work once provided. He warns that without deliberately cultivating new sources of meaning, people may fill the resulting void with distraction, outrage, and social division rather than creativity and connection, and calls for people to claim more agency over their time, attention, and skills as automation advances. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Will AI Take Your Job? 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