Greek PM admits no government is ready for the speed of AI job displacement
A sitting leader publicly concedes no plan exists for AI-driven job displacement and calls his own under-15 social media ban possibly outdated — a statement, not new policy.
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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told TechCrunch in San Francisco on September 22 that AI-driven job displacement “is going to happen,” and that “no government and no society is prepared for the speed with which it will happen.”
Per the interview, Greece will ban social media for children under 15 starting this coming January, but he suggested the step may already be “fighting yesterday’s battle” given the addictive pull of AI companions.
These are his personal remarks on a trade mission, not a new policy or data; he added that some form of “smart regulation” is inevitable and that the U.S. will largely decide what it looks like.