'That Doesn't Sound Good': Jon Stewart Nails Most Alarming Danger Of Artificial Intelligence

Jon Stewart isnt buying the lofty promises of the tech CEOs that artificial intelligence will be used to tackle major problems such as ending climate change and curing diseases not based on what hes seen so far, anyway. 

Stewart rolled footage of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg using the technology make toast.

Are you out of your fucking mind? Stewart asked on The Daily Show on Monday night. See, heres the thing. Toast, I can make. I can make toast. It might be the only technology we have that works pretty much every time. Ill tell you what: Why dont you get to work on curing the diseases and the climate change, and well hold down the fort on toast. 

But its not toast hes worried about. 

Its jobs.

Stewart said new technologies are often used to replace workers and played clips of tech titans letting the real truth slip out as they admit as much.

IBM CEO Arvind Krishna said in one clip that AI would help get the same work done with fewer people . 

That doesnt sound good, Stewart said. Same work done with fewer people. Not a math guy, but I think fewer means less. 

Stewart called the promise of AI a bait and switch and warned of where its leading on Monday nights Daily Show: