a16z GP calls 'permanent underclass' a dark fantasy: radiologist demand keeps rising after 20 years of doom
lennysan · x · 2026-09-06
On the Lenny podcast, a16z General Partner @illscience pushes back on Silicon Valley's AI job-loss narrative.
- He calls the "permanent underclass" story a dark fantasy the Valley keeps telling itself; by almost every measure things have never been better and predicted job losses haven't materialized.
- Radiologists have been "cooked" for 20 years yet demand keeps rising; open software engineering roles are at all-time highs.
- He also contrasts AI with the mobile era's winner-take-all dynamics (thread truncated).
Note: the original post is a sponsor thank-you; the substance lives in the quoted interview clip.
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