Former White House communications director and SkyBridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci says artificial intelligence (AI) will reshape the workplace by shortening the workweek, creating new types of jobs and giving people more time for recreation, rather than triggering the widespread economic disruption many fear.
Anthony Scaramucci Says AI Will Lead To Shorter Workweeks
In a post on X, Scaramucci argued that if AI delivers on its promise, workers could eventually shift to a three- or four-day workweek while maintaining productivity.
“If AI does everything we expect, we’re moving to a three or four day work week in our lifetimes,” he wrote, adding that people would have “more time for recreation” and that society would place “more value on human interaction.”
Scaramucci also predicted workers would gravitate toward careers that rely on human presence, empathy and personal interaction, saying, “People migrating into jobs that require a human touch, a human presence. Some of those jobs won’t even look like jobs in the traditional sense.”
In an accompanying video, he expanded on the idea, saying some future occupations could even be recreational in nature as AI takes over more routine tasks.
Skybridge Founder Rejects AI Doomsday Predictions
Scaramucci dismissed concerns that AI will lead to an economic catastrophe, arguing that history is filled with alarming predictions that ultimately proved wrong.
“The apocalyptic framing is the wrong framing,” he wrote. “Don’t buy the AI drama.”
To support his argument, Scaramucci pointed to past fears that the world would run out of oil, saying technological advances prevented that outcome.
He also referenced economist Thomas Malthus’ prediction that population growth would outpace food production, leading to widespread starvation.
“We got big and fat thanks to food technology,” Scaramucci said, arguing that innovation has repeatedly solved problems once viewed as inevitable crises.
If AI does everything we expect, we’re moving to a three or four day work week in our lifetimes.
— Anthony Scaramucci (@Scaramucci) July 19, 2026
We’ll have more time for recreation.
More value placed on human interaction.
People migrating into jobs that require a human touch, a human presence.
Some of those jobs won’t even… pic.twitter.com/bpqrRaqLux
AI And Jobs: The Debate Continues
The impact of AI on jobs remains a subject of debate.
In May, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) warned AI could trigger mass layoffs, while Challenger, Gray & Christmas said AI was the top reason for announced layoffs in April, accounting for 21,490 planned job cuts.
However, Apollo Global Management (NYSE:APO) chief economist Torsten Sløk said there is “zero evidence” AI is driving job losses across the U.S. economy, a view echoed by Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, who said current labor-market data does not point to widespread displacement.
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