Video argues AI can't take everyone's jobs: excess demand means no mass layoffs
EGarrett28 · reddit · 2026-09-13
A Reddit user shares a year-old video arguing against the "AI will take everyone's jobs and starve them" thesis, which economists and programmers were still presenting as novel.
- Core argument: barring people from working and buying AI products would push them to work for themselves, leaving the AI camp isolated.
- Excess demand logic: companies can use AI to boost output with existing workforces and earn more without firing anyone.
- The video explores multiple other scenarios and is broadly pro-AI.
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