Nick PerryFounder and CEO of 7 Figure Cartel

The Hardest Part About AI Taking Your Job Has Nothing to Do With Money

7 Aug 2026 · 1 min

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In this short monologue, Nick Perry explains that while AI and automation may eventually replace most human jobs—leading to cheap goods, widespread unemployment, and the need for universal basic income (UBI)—the deeper problem is not financial. He argues that people derive their identity and sense of purpose from their occupations; when machines take over those roles, individuals lose the personal narrative that defines their worth. Perry highlights Elon Musk’s prediction about robots outperforming humans and stresses that the societal challenge will be preserving meaning and self‑esteem in a world where work is no longer a primary source of identity.

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The hardest part about AI taking your job won't be the money. Almost a decade ago, Elon Musk said robots will eventually do almost every job better than humans, and when that happens, universal basic income becomes unavoidable. Because when machines make everything, everything gets cheap, which means the money part solves itself. So governments will pay people because there won't be enough jobs to go around. But Musk said there's a, a much harder challenge and it has nothing to do with money. Cuz most people build their identity around what they do for a living. Now, you walk into a room, and the first thing someone asks is what you do, and that's how you explain who you are. So, when a machine takes that away, you don't just lose income, you lose the story you tell yourself about why you matter. Follow for more on what's coming.