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Paul Obiero
Paul Obiero

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"AI will create more jobs" is starting to sound like a dangerous fairytale.

With all due respect: this isn’t like inventing the calculator or the cotton gin. This is not about enhancing human work — this is about replacing humans entirely.

Yes, past tech revolutions brought disruption and then recovery — but this time is different.

This time:

AI isn’t automating a task — it’s automating thinking.

It’s not replacing a tool — it’s replacing the person who used the tool.

And the speed? Unprecedented. There’s no historical comparison that fits.

“AI is like giving society a digital human — one that doesn’t need food, sleep, or money, and learns at exponential speed.”

This is not overhyped, it’s underprepared for.

While some experts promote optimism, the reality is:

Entire industries are vanishing: advertising, animation, journalism, finance, teaching, law, programming.

Entry-level workers — especially new developers — are being locked out. AI can already write better code, faster, and debug itself.

The “new jobs” AI creates? It can do those too.

And let’s be real: not everyone is built to become an AI prompt engineer or AGI safety researcher. Many people rely on routine, accessible work. When that's gone... what happens?

📉 70% of human labor is becoming unnecessary.
📉 At just ~47% unemployment, economic collapse becomes very real.
We already saw the chaos COVID-19 caused at 43%.

Still think we’re overreacting?

This is more than a job issue. This is a humanity issue.
And if governments, educators, and tech companies don’t urgently step in with safety nets, ethical standards, and new value systems…

Chaos is not a possibility. It's a guarantee.

People aren’t getting negative because they’re bitter — they’re scared. And for good reason.

I’m not here to fearmonger. I’m here to say:
We need to stop pretending this is just another tech wave and start rethinking survival, meaning, and dignity in a post-labor world.

The honest question is what should we do?
What can we do?
What are you doing to prepare?

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