IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva.
IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva.
  • AI is likely to worsen economic inequality, according to the IMF chief.
  • "If you're unlucky, your job is gone," Kristalina Georgieva told the World Economic Forum in Davos.
  • Her warning comes as a survey by PwC finds CEOs are considering more layoffs this year.

The rise of artificial intelligence is likely to trigger layoffs and increase economic inequality, the International Monetary Fund's managing director warned on Tuesday.

Kristalina Georgieva said in an interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos that AI will soon put some workers in developed economies out of a job.

"Sixty percent of jobs in advanced economies over a foreseeable future are going to be impacted by artificial intelligence," she told Bloomberg TV.