Nassim Taleb: AI's impact hits hiring first, not layoffs
andreisavu · x · 2026-10-26
Nassim Taleb argues AI's labor impact won't show up as immediate layoffs since existing jobs are sticky, but as a collapse in hiring—jobs that don't yet exist have no stickiness. He adds that the real problem isn't AI's intelligence but that many adults are mechanistic, formulaic, gullible, and too expensive to maintain.
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