The AI Job Apocalypse Is Already Happening

"How should Democrats respond to all this?" asks @rbreich.bsky.social in his latest Substack. He says, "At least, pledge to: Establish Medicare for all. Institute a Universal Basic Income financed by higher taxes on those at the top, so all families have at least a subsistence wage."

one thing that's hard to wrap your mind around in AI job apocalypse discourse is that different actors might have very different reasons for saying the exact same thing. Amodei generally thinks people aren't sufficiently alarmed and wants welfare expansion. random CEOs are doing something else

2/2 See these two reassuring takes on AI. A broad, general education has never been as import A broad general education has never been more important: www.axios.com/newsletters/... Why the A.I. Job Apocalypse (Probably) Won’t Happen (Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/05/03/o...

It's official: the AI job apocalypse is definitely going to happen.

When people in positions of authority are asked, "Do you think A.I. will kill jobs?" I think it would be useful if more of them said, "I don't know. It's complicated." Sam Altman does typically say a version of that. Many other business leaders don't. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/03/o...

The AI Job Apocalypse Is Already Happening And What Democrats Should Pledge to Do About it robertreich.substack.com/p/how-can-th...

"1. Corporations have more monopoly power than ever. This means they can raise prices without worrying that competitors will grab away consumers by underpricing them. 2. Corporations are using artificial intelligence (AI) — and the anticipation of AI — to slash jobs and wages."

@jschauma We're in a downward spiral of layoffs funding datacenters to drive stocks up. Meanwhile, LLMs do students' homework and tech companies no longer hire junior devs. When we're overrun by model collapse and technical debt, we won't have anybody to dig us out: AI job apocalypse.

A job "apocalypse" has been happening since... the 1970s? Layoffs, corporate mergers and consolidation, more layoffs, offshoring, stock buybacks, more layoffs, private equity, senseless bankruptcies, underemployment, never enough hours, gig work, freelancing. "AI" is just the most recent excuse

While workers in the western world agonize over what seems to be an impending job apocalypse, their Chinese counterparts are winning in pitched legal battles against AI automation... Read more

Great article. Us consumers are paying way more for goods bc most corporations have a monopoly over the market open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

The AI Job Apocalypse Is Already Happening open.substack.com/pub/robertre... Tell your Illinois Assembly person to vote yes on the Illinois Power Act to regulate data center impact on our power and water resources and slow the AI roll out until responsible national AI regulation is in place.

The AI Job Apocalypse Is Already Happening open.substack.com/pub/robertre... Coming to a country near you, wonderful Ai.........

The AI Job Apocalypse Is Already Happening open.substack.com/pub/robertre... "The U.S. job market is already experiencing a wave of mass layoffs. So far, in the first four months of 2026, big corporations have cut over 128,000 jobs."

DEMOCRATS!!!! PAY ATTENTION: Wealthier Americans keep spending while most everyone else is strapped. The people really taking it on the chin are the bottom half. Not only are they losing jobs and wages but the Trump regime is cutting the federal assistance they rely on.