Blogger warns AI could cut jobs to a tenth and turn worker skills into company assets
JourneymanChina · x · 2026-10-08
A Chinese-language blogger argues that AI will not only shrink job opportunities to 1/5 or even 1/10 of current levels, but also convert employees' personal skill capital into fixed assets owned by companies, eroding worker leverage.
He adds that many people may lose even the qualification to be a 'workhorse', since AI is better suited to repetitive labor, and frames the resulting shift in production relations as a societal transformation this generation will witness.
The post is a personal macro-level take without cited data or detailed argument, but reflects a common narrative of AI-driven job displacement anxiety.
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