David Holz on labor market
From Regeneron ISEF 2026 - The Future of AI: A Conversation with David Holz and Maya Ajmera · · SocietyforScience
“If a job involves doing the exact same thing over and over again, that's what the computers will be best at doing. But whenever something comes to like not having a well-defined set of parameters, having to act on the fly, having to sort of figure out like what is right, what is beautiful, like there's a lot of situations where we just don't have the ideas there right now. The future of AI might mean like you don't have to do the boring repetitive things that you did in the past. You get to only do the new exciting things.”
On , David Holz, CEO & Founder at Midjourney, spoke about labor market during Regeneron ISEF 2026 - The Future of AI: A Conversation with David Holz and Maya Ajmera on SocietyforScience.
About David Holz
David Holz, founder and CEO of Midjourney, participated in a conversation with Maya Ajmera at the 2026 Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair. He discussed the company's financial model, stating that Midjourney is one of the larger revenue AI companies but has no investors. He said he spent his own money until he was negative $1,000, which he described as motivating for making money. Holz also shared his views on addressing problems through innovation rather than conservation. He said he believes in investing in fusion, space solar, or even blocking 1% of sunlight with satellites to control the Earth's temperature. Regarding AI's risks, he said the most dangerous thing is if humans build powerful AI and in the process believe less in their own beauty and power. He contrasted humans with economic agents, stating that humans want to be something different from a perfect economic agent, and that he is biased toward humans.