Value migrates from white-collar to blue-collar to human creativity as AI and robots advance
martyjbeard · x · 2026-09-24
A tech commentator outlines a self-styled "SciFi cycle": first, Silicon Valley AI renders much cognitive employment unnecessary, shifting value to blue-collar physical work; then robots make that work unnecessary or too expensive too. Value ultimately migrates to authentic human creation and curation — increasingly niche, scarce, and highly valued. He likens the cycle to narratives in The Matrix, Battlestar Galactica, and The Three-Body Problem.
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