Andrew Yang warns AI will crush millions of jobs; Theo Jaffee pushes back with 200 years of automation history
herbiebradley · x · 2026-09-28
Herbie Bradley shares and mocks Andrew Yang's ongoing "jobs apocalypse → UBI" narrative in a debate with Theo Jaffee.
- Yang's claim: 2.9M Americans work in call centers, 2M drive Uber, 70M hold white-collar jobs — AI will "crush" these numbers.
- Theo's rebuttal: The same prediction has failed repeatedly over 200 years of automation because automating jobs is hard — jobs are bundles of tasks, and every task must be beaten on a Pareto curve of better and cheaper before a job is truly automated.
- Bradley's take: As evidence mounts against near-term unemployment spikes, Yang apparently hopes the apocalypse arrives before the 2028 election.
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