Mark Moss argues AI won't eliminate jobs, pointing out that every tech wave has sparked the same fears yet new roles always emerge. Software engineers remain the most hired profession even as AI lowers entry barriers. The real divide: people who use AI will outcompete those who don't.
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We're broke, we're insolvent, and we're uneducated. Just in time for AI to come and kneecap all the good-paying jobs. You know, I think the byproduct of all of this for a period of time would be universal basic income. I completely disagree with that point.
Number one, every single time there's a new technological revolution or even a new piece of technology, the analysts always come out and tell us all these jobs will be lost. And certainly there's going to be disruption. Certainly jobs are going to come out as those new jobs are going to get replaced. Probably the number one most at-risk job right now is coding. But the number one job being hired for right now are for software engineers. What happens is as Because it lowers the barrier to entry, more people want to do it. The UBI is this crutch that will keep people from working, but there's going to be more jobs. Yes, some people will have to learn new skills. So for example, everybody that works for me, I want them to use AI. I tell them, AI is not going to replace your job. Someone using AI will replace your job.