Nassim Taleb warns AI will decimate white-collar jobs; critic counters agents will be busy with cybersecurity
inductionheads · x · 2026-10-22
Nassim Taleb posted a stark warning that every white-collar profession—the middle-class dream—is about to be decimated by AI faster than anticipated, with severe social consequences. Researcher inductionheads pushed back, joking that "all the agents will be too busy doing cybersecurity," invoking comparative advantage (tagging economist Noah Smith) to argue human employment persists even if AI can do everything. A representative clash of views on AI's labor-market impact.
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