“AI Could Replace 80% of Jobs — But Open the Door to Endless Opportunities!” – Vinod Khosla

Indian-American billionaire and venture capitalist Vinod Khosla has made a bold prediction: in the next 3–5 years, AI could replace up to 80% of jobs.

Speaking on Zerodha’s Nikhil Kamath’s People by WTF podcast, he said:
“People who don’t know how to use AI will be replaced by those who do.”

Khosla’s Vision

• The next 15 years will bring more change than the past 50.
• Education, healthcare, law, and financial services could become nearly free thanks to AI.
• Every village child could have an AI tutor, and every citizen could have an AI doctor.
• Startups will compete not on whether they use AI, but on how well they use it.

Advice for the Youth

• Be a generalist, not just a specialist.
• The real power is in learning fast and adapting quickly.
• Optimize your career for flexibility, not just one profession.
• Practice First Principles Thinking, systems thinking, and nurture curiosity — these will be the ultimate skills.

Author: Master Vikrant RohinMaster Vikrant Rohin is an international author, and more than four countries’ schools are using his books in the core curriculum of education. He is the author of twenty different subject books. History, Economics, Chemistry, Physics, English, Biology, Geography etc. Most of his students hold high-ranking positions in the public and private sectors. He has cracked the world’s toughest exam, the "Civil Services Examination (UPSC)," eight times. Always a topper in academics, he was also a top-class sportsman, a state boxer, and a basketball player.