India, Feb. 9 -- A leading artificial intelligence researcher has issued one of the starkest warnings yet about the future of human work, arguing that nearly all jobs could disappear within the next five years as machines surpass human abilities across every domain.

Speaking on The Diary of a CEO podcast hosted by Steven Bartlett, Dr Roman Yampolskiy, a professor of computer science at the University of Louisville and a prominent voice on AI safety, said the rise of artificial general intelligence (AGI) could trigger levels of unemployment never seen in human history.

According to Dr Yampolskiy, AGI systems capable of outperforming humans across most cognitive tasks could emerge as early as 2027, with devastating consequences for employ...