Let’s break that down using first principles…
Number of job opportunities in any economy =
Existing companies hiring more + new companies/ industries being created that hire people.
Now here’s what’s actually happening..
AI is the first tech in history that can both think and execute on its own.
We’ve already hit a point where companies dont need humans for entire workflows.
And its just getting started.
We used to think software jobs were safe.
But now even developers, designers, analysts all getting replaced by faster + cheaper AI tools.
Okay, fine. So maybe existing companies are laying off.
But surely new companies will create jobs, right?
Here’s the thing:
I’m building my startup, The Unbored Club, a travel + experiences company.
To run this, I should’ve needed 5+ people.
Content, design, customer ops, outreach, automation - all different functions.
But I’m running it with:
✅ 1 AI-native employee
✅ A few good systems
✅ Me
That’s it.
AI doesn’t just support humans anymore.
It’s becoming the super employee.
And that’s the real shift…
This isn’t like the internet or the mobile wave.
Those made humans more productive.
AI reduces the need for humans in the first place.
Sure new industries will be created that we can’t think of right now.
But what stops AI from automating that too.
Rich get richer and the poor gets poorer phrase is only to going to get worse from here.
For all the people who say, we still need humans to bring the best out of AI, please just see everything we have accomplished in the last 3 years.
AI is at the worst it can ever be.
It’s uncomfortable but it’s the truth.
Humans will still add value, make progress and money but that might be restricted to the top 1%.
I might be wrong with this whole approach.
Would love to know in the comments, arguments against what I have shared so we can have a discussion.
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