Meme: AI takes 99.9% of intellectual work, plumbers earn $800k a year
thethirstgame · reddit · 2026-11-06
A viral AI-generated satire image shows a billboard announcing "AI can now do 99.9% of all intellectual work! Plumber required. Starting salary: $800,000/year." while lawyers, writers and artists beg on the street with signs like "Will sue for food" and "Real human art — please buy," pushing the role-reversal joke about AI hitting white-collar work hardest to its extreme.
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