Ex-OpenAI exec Zack Kass: AI's real crisis is losing identity, not jobs
victor_explore · x · 2026-09-13
- Ex-OpenAI executive Zack Kass: for thousands of years every man knew he'd pass his son a name, a job and an identity — and we are breaking that promise. The AI crisis isn't losing your job; it's losing who you are.
- The reposter adds: work used to be inheritable — a grandfather passed down a trade, today's dev passes down a repo that stops running in two years. Agents take first the sentence you say when asked what you do.
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