Sundar Pichai on Preparing for AI in Knowledge Work

In a short interview clip, Google's CEO suggests learning to use AI as an everyday assistant while work changes.

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Matthew Berman
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20 juin 2025
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Matthew Berman asks Sundar Pichai how knowledge workers should prepare if AI eventually performs more of their work. Pichai argues that, in the near term, people can use AI to reduce routine effort and work at a higher level. His optimistic view is advice about adaptation, not evidence that jobs cannot be displaced.

  1. 1The question of knowledge workBerman asks how people can prepare if AI eventually performs much of their work.
  2. 2Tools as an advantagePichai says AI could remove routine effort and help people operate at a higher level.
  3. 3Practice using assistantsHe encourages people to incorporate tools such as Gemini into everyday thinking and work.

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  1. Pichai sees near-term AI as a tool that may reduce routine work and augment people.
  2. He recommends experimenting with assistants as part of everyday workflows.
  3. The clip offers an optimistic perspective, not a forecast that rules out job losses.
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The knowledge-work question

Berman asks how workers should remain relevant as AI capabilities advance.

Matthew Berman asks what happens to knowledge workers if AI can eventually do their work, and how they can prepare and remain relevant. The question concerns a possible future, not a settled prediction.

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Pichai's advice

Pichai describes AI as an aid to people and recommends experimenting with it.

Sundar Pichai says that in the near term AI can give people a powerful aid, taking some routine work off their hands so they can operate at a higher level. As an example, he imagines a video creator quickly generating material to help explain an idea to viewers.

Pichai's advice is to lean into the tools and build a habit of asking an assistant for its perspective. He cites Gemini 2.5 Pro and expects people to gain access to more capabilities. This is his optimistic view of adaptation; the short clip does not establish that AI will not displace jobs.

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