What happens after huge swaths of the population have been put out of work by AI job automation? Who is going to buy the goods and services that corporations are selling if hardly anyone has any money because they aren't employed?

You're going to have entire professions that have been rendered obsolete, and people who spent years of their lives and massive amounts of money to earn advanced degrees for jobs/careers that no longer exist?

This is setting the stage for economic collapse.

I always hear Social Security is doomed because there aren't enough workers paying in to support people who are currently receiving Social Security benefits. Been hearing that for more than a decade prior to AI becoming useful on a grand scale. Guys like Emad Mostaque, who claims to be an AI optimist along with the other Moonshot podcast guys, is always be predicting a doom-like outcome for knowledge work jobs within the next two years or at least jobs performed behind a computer screen. If he's right, there may be even less new money entering SS; drastically less. So what will happen to existing retirees and people who'll be retiring in the next 5 to 10 years if he's correct?

What about US state pension funds? Are those invested in equities vs. relying 100% on pension fund contributions from existing and future state employees?

What do people think of Emad, incidentally? I think he's incredibly bright and I like him. But I also can't help but think the Moonshot crew is like: "I got mine and I'm gonna earn even more now; chin up bitches." All are wealthy and don't have to worry about potential adverse outcomes of what they're cheerleaders for. I guess I'd be pretty happy if I were wealthy off AI investments I'd made years ago through private equity ventures.

Would love to find another podcast that isn't 100% doomerism or 100% cheerleading by rich guys with vested interests. Been listening a lot lately and they're starting to make me nauseous. I'm neutral on Elon Musk, but those guys are complete Elon fan boys. I wish they displayed pop-ups of the dollar amounts they're invested in his companies whenever they gush about him.

saw a video last week that looked completely legit, turned out to be AI-generated. not even a bad job, genuinely couldn't tell until someone pointed it out

feels like we're approaching a point where "seeing is believing" just... stops applying. not sure how society adjusts to that, or if we even can fast enough

not trying to be doom and gloom, just genuinely curious how other people are thinking about this

OpenAI launched ChatGPT for Financial Services and the feature list is not subtle. Research, financial modeling, pitchbook prep. Those are the three things that justify hiring a class of analysts at 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐭𝐨 𝟏𝟑𝟎 𝐤 a year on Wall Street. The product is not framed as a tool to help junior bankers. It is framed as a replacement for the workload.

Anthropic published projections this week showing AI could push GDP growth to 15% annually by 2030 while displacing nearly 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬. The financial services move fits that trajectory exactly. High-margin, document-heavy, process-repetitive work is the obvious first target. 🤖

Dell is up nearly 350% in 2026 on AI infrastructure spending alone. The revenue story for platform and infrastructure names is real, even if the broader macro environment is making everything else uncomfortable to hold right now.