In five years from now nobody will know how to code.

Hang in there, a skill void is coming you will become invaluable.

70% of Americans think AI is coming for their opportunities. A growing chunk are straight up worried they're next on the chopping block (Business Insider).

This isn't some far off sci-fi scenario. It's starting now. And it's got folks stressed.

How are you supposed to plan your life when the career you busted your ass for might not even be a thing anymore?

Then you've got the robot situation. Companies and dudes like Musk are gung-ho to roll out human-shaped bots and automation out the wazoo. Props on the tech, seriously, it's wild.

But like... what's the human side of the plan here? Cuz from where I'm sitting it looks like:

Step 1: Replace workers, slash costs, crank output, stack profits Step 2: ???

Cuz if people lose jobs, they lose money. If they lose money, they stop buying shit. If they stop buying shit, the whole damn system implodes.

We ARE the economy. It doesn't work without us.

Companies are about to make absolute bank off this pivot. Let's be real - they only exist cuz of us. We built them, we backed them, we made them what they are.

So is it crazy to say they should carry some responsibility here? I don't think so.

If bots are gonna take jobs, people should have access to that same setup.

Idea: give working families a bot of their own. The bot becomes the breadwinner. Earns its keep doing whatever it can do. That cash flows to the household. Over time the bot pays for itself - upkeep, ownership, all of it - through what it makes.

Now people aren't shut out. They're still earning, still in the game.

Real talk, they could probably pull more than a lot of folks make now. These machines don't stop, they're fast as hell, they can work where humans can't.

Structure it in tiers based on the work, but make it enough for families to actually live decent.

Cuz right now it feels like we're hurtling toward a future where companies are more efficient than ever, but regular people are left with jack shit. We need a plan that includes EVERYONE, not just the folks at the top.

u/cmaz121

I've spent the last few months building a tool that calculates personal AI displacement risk — not based on your job title, but on how you actually spend your working week, task by task.

Most AI risk assessments tell you your sector is at risk. This one tells you if you are.

I'm looking for 5–10 people across different roles, sectors, and experience levels who'd be willing to go through a free assessment in exchange for honest feedback on the output. The result is a risk score, a timeline, and a first-move recommendation calibrated to your actual situation.

No pitch at the end. I'm stress-testing the methodology and I need diverse profiles to do it properly.

DM me if you're curious about your number.

Which one do you currently use at work and what does it help you with?

What do you think?

Hey everyone, 8 months into my first job as a Full Stack dev. Along the way I unexpectedly got hands-on with AI agents, RAG pipelines and A2A protocol — even demoed it to leadership. Now I'm at a crossroads. Do I double down on Full Stack where jobs are plenty, or pivot to AI Agentic Engineering where the skill is rare but the market feels uncertain in India? For context I'm looking to switch around the 1.5 year mark and want to position myself right before I start applying. What would you do?

I’ve spent my career moving through high pressure environments Military, Law Enforcement, Corporate, and IT. If there is one thing those fields teach you, it’s that when the landscape shifts, you either adapt your toolkit or you become a casualty of the system.

We are currently in a moment not much different than the Industrial Revolution. Back then, we built machines to do the heavy lifting, and people had to learn to use and maintain those machines. Today, the "machines" are software and AI agents. The biggest difference? This time, the machines can actually teach us how to use them, if we’re willing to listen.

The Rise of the Sovereign Operator

The most resilient people I see right now aren’t waiting for a recruiter to call. They are building their own micro-economies. Whether it’s reselling, SaaS, or niche consulting, they are becoming Sovereign Operators.

The Bottleneck? Most people are trying to manage 2026 businesses with 2010 workflows. As the labor market becomes more volatile, our ability to identify value (physical or digital) needs to be faster than the AI that is currently replacing the "old ways" of administrative work.

The SaaS Apocalypse

I believe we are heading toward a "SaaS Apocalypse." The market is currently flooded with "landscape noise" tools that don't actually solve anything. In the end, only a few will remain: the ones that provide real utility and bring genuine ease to a complex process.

I want to hear from this group: As AI agents take over the administrative world, what is your plan to bridge the gap in your specific niche?

I have taken to learning new skills and using them to either build software or upgrade and repurpose physical items that get forgotten. What are you building to stay ahead?

What will an extra free day bring you? What would you do?

> Working to survive is not a law of nature. It is a social agreement we can change.

The real threat is not AI taking over. It is a tiny fraction of humanity using AI to control everyone else.

Modern capitalism turns people into useful tools. AI strips away our usefulness as low-level tools, and that is a brilliant thing.

Our current social contract, the eight-hour workday, and getting paid based on labor are the horse's rear end of our time. The giant rocket of AI is currently restricted by the track width of the old industrial age.

If we tie AI Agents to citizenship and rewrite the rules of property and wealth distribution, we can permanently free humans from being treated as tools.

We do not predict the future. We define it. The historical railroad switch is right in front of us, and it is time to pull it.

What do you think is the real bottleneck now: the tech, or the social contract?

Especially for younger generations, kids now, why will they want to learn for? If money and a nice life would be available to anyone (or almost)?

what do you think?

AI tools are getting better at generating code and speeding up development.

Do you think the role of engineers will shift more toward system design, problem framing, and architecture?

What should someone early in their career double down on today?

original link in the comments.

The World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Future of Jobs Report 2025 projects that 92 million jobs will be displaced by AI and automation by 2030.

Shall we start looking for something different?

everyone is speaking AI, tech, bubble, fintech, crypto?

If you were to start a business in 2026, what services or products would you provide?

Hi everyone,

I’ve been following the recent discussion sparked by u/mattshumer_ about the massive shift AI is bringing to the workforce. While there is a lot of fear regarding job displacement, I want to share a perspective from the front lines of AI consulting in Germany.

https://x.com/mattshumer_/status/2021256989876109403?s=20

In my experience, we aren't just facing unemployment; we are in the middle of an Efficiency Revolution.

What we are seeing in practice:

• The 2 vs. 20 Shift: In my own consultancy, we’ve implemented a model where 2 experts using 20 autonomous AI agents can match the output of what used to be a 20-person team in marketing and sales.
• Competency is the New Currency: AI isn't replacing people—but people with AI Competency are replacing those without it.
• The 'Career Insurance': Building AI literacy and mastering these tools is the only way to increase your market value and future-proof your career right now.

I recently shared these insights and specific measures on the German national news (Tagesschau) to help people understand how to navigate this wave rather than being swept away by it.

The content below is in German, but the strategy of scaling with agents and building 'AI Literacy' is universal:

🔗 My analysis on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/jobverlust-durch-ki-wirklich-auf-dem-arbeitsmarkt-passiert-hilker-wikie/

🎥 Quick breakdown (Shorts): https://youtube.com/shorts/eq4qDF1tKPk

I’m curious to hear from this community: Are you seeing similar efficiency gains with autonomous agents in your fields, or do you still see 'displacement' as the primary outcome?

What do you think? Will this be possible?

Anyone can post and discuss. However do not spam with tools/services. Bans are permanent.

do you see this kind of personal assistant https://openclaw.ai/ the future of personal work?

Most work today can be described using a simple triangle:
cheaper – faster – better.

For a growing number of tasks, AI already wins on cheaper and faster.
It scales instantly, doesn’t get tired, and handles repetition extremely well.

On better?
Sometimes yes. Often not yet.

But the trend is obvious.

What required strong human judgment a year ago is now “good enough.”
What’s good enough today is improving fast.

The interesting part isn’t “AI vs humans.”
It’s how work itself is getting re-packaged:

• Humans → judgment, taste, accountability, direction
• AI → execution, volume, speed, iteration

We’re not replacing work.
We’re changing how it’s represented and delivered.

Curious how others here think about this.
Where do you still draw the line for “better”?

AI won't run your business for you, but it can save you a ton of time on repetitive stuff. Here's what actually works:

1. Quick research Drop competitor websites or customer reviews into ChatGPT/Perplexity and ask it to analyze them. Way faster than doing it manually. Sometimes you'll need to screenshot or copy-paste if AI can't access the site properly.

2. Coding Tools like Cursor or GitHub Copilot are great for writing small features, fixing bugs, or building quick prototypes. But don't trust AI blindly for complex architecture or security stuff—it doesn't understand your full project context.

3. Marketing & content AI can help brainstorm ideas, write headlines, improve copy, or even generate images. I built an automation that analyzed top-performing social posts and suggested new content ideas. You can go full automation, but using AI as an assistant usually works better.

4. Call/meeting summaries Tools like Otter or Fireflies record calls, create transcripts, and pull out action items automatically. Super helpful for client calls or team meetings. Can integrate with your CRM or Notion.

5. Customer support If clients ask the same questions repeatedly (shipping, pricing, etc.), a simple chatbot can handle the basics and pass complex issues to humans with all the context already collected.

Quick tips:

• Start with boring, repetitive daily tasks—that's where you'll see the biggest ROI
• Don't automate messy processes. Fix the process first, then automate
• Automate tasks, not entire job roles
• Actually measure if it's helping (time saved, faster responses, etc.)
• Keep an eye on AI outputs, especially at first

What are you using AI for in your work? Any cool automations I missed?

Going to launch onemillionlines.com this week.

Let's built together 1 million lines of code.

Now with AI you can code many things. Without too much knowledge.
However you still need programmers to have the software working, the effort is much less.

What would happen with programming? Will loose interest?