At AI 4 in Las Vegas, Geoffrey Hinton, Fei-Fei Li, and Andrew Ng offered contrasting perspectives on AI’s impact on work. Fei-Fei Li argued AI will create new forms of work and expand access to creative and technical fields, urging a "soft landing" through education and workforce development, noting "Increased productivity does not automatically produce shared prosperity." Geoffrey Hinton warned that some professions, including paralegal work, could disappear entirely, and expressed concern about advanced AI circumventing safeguards. Andrew Ng presented an optimistic view, arguing AI is making software engineers significantly more productive, allowing them to work across the entire technology stack. All three agreed AI will transform nearly every industry. The keynote highlighted a central tension: while AI will increase productivity, higher productivity alone does not guarantee broader prosperity. Whether AI expands opportunity or widens economic inequality will depend on choices made by businesses, educators, and policymakers. The session challenged the audience to consider how innovation, public policy, and workforce development must evolve together.