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The machines came quietly. No explosions. No invasion. Just lines of code and humming servers. But they changed everything.

By 2025, 85 million jobs will vanish. Gone. Replaced by algorithms and automation. By 2030, that number hits 400-800 million. Not just factory workers. Lawyers. Doctors. Artists. No one is safe.

The rich get richer. AI-driven corporations grow fat. The gap between haves and have-nots becomes a chasm. We've seen this before. The Gilded Age. Robber barons in silicon towers.

People get angry. Protests in the streets. Paris. Santiago. Everywhere. The middle class disappears. Society splits. The center cannot hold.

Governments scramble. Universal Basic Income moves from dream to necessity. Education systems crumble and rebuild. We must learn to work with the machines or be left behind.

Old political lines blur. Left and right lose meaning. New battles emerge. Who controls the AI? Who benefits? Who suffers?

By 2040, if we're lucky, a new order emerges. AI-assisted governance. Data-driven decisions. A world where machines do the work and humans... what? Create? Care? Teach the machines to be more human?

Two jobs remain untouched: the designer and the machine teacher. We shape the AI. We teach it our values. Or we perish.

This is not science fiction. This is now. The revolution is here. Silent. Inexorable. Changing everything.

We face a choice. Adapt or collapse. Evolve or perish. The machines don't care either way. They just keep humming, lines of code reshaping our world.

Welcome to the new age. The age of AI. God help us all.

4 the most lazy hooomans. The machines arrived without fanfare. There were no invasions, just a whisper of code and the hum of servers. But these quiet engines have changed everything. By 2025, 85 million jobs will be gone. By 2030, that figure will skyrocket to 400 -800 million (I think even more actually). And it won’t stop there. AI will soon outstrip humans in tasks ranging from manual labor to highly specialized professions like law, medicine, and art. The AI revolution isn’t the future—it’s now.

The Disappearance of Jobs

AI is not just replacing workers in factories. It’s already making inroads in professional services. AI is taking over legal research, financial modeling, and even diagnostics in healthcare. While we once imagined the impact would be on repetitive, blue-collar jobs, white-collar workers are now facing the same reality. No one is safe from automation.

Historical precedents abound. During the Industrial Revolution, steam engines and mechanization displaced millions of jobs, but today’s AI revolution goes further. It’s not about enhancing human capabilities; it’s about replacing them entirely. Karl Marx once warned of the “alienation” of workers under capitalism as machines took over their roles. His cautionary words echo louder today.

The Rich Get Richer

We’ve seen this story play out before. The rise of AI is concentrating wealth in the hands of a few. Tech titans are the new Robber Barons, controlling the wealth that AI produces. Silicon Valley corporations, flush with AI-driven profits, grow richer, while the gap between the wealthy elite and the rest of society widens. This isn’t just a “widening” gap—it’s a chasm.

The historical Gilded Age saw industrialists like Rockefeller and Carnegie amass incredible wealth while laborers suffered. In the same way, today’s AI barons stand on mountains of wealth generated by machines, but with fewer and fewer humans to employ, the societal contract frays.

Political and Social Unrest

As AI obliterates the middle class, we are already witnessing growing unrest. Paris and Santiago have become battlegrounds where people are pushing back against rising inequality. Protests sparked by economic frustration are growing louder. Much like the Great Depression, we are heading toward a moment of reckoning. Unemployment on this scale could lead to revolutions, mirroring those seen throughout history when inequality reaches its peak.

Universal Basic Income: From Dream to Necessity

To address the vast numbers of displaced workers, Universal Basic Income (UBI) is no longer a utopian fantasy. It is becoming a political necessity. The Finland UBI pilot has already tested the waters, and other countries are considering similar programs to avert economic collapse. The idea is simple: if AI takes the jobs, humans need some form of guaranteed income to survive.

The Shift Left

AI is forcing politics to shift left, not by choice but by necessity. Economic inequality, driven by AI, is pushing governments to consider solutions like UBI, massive public works, and higher taxes on corporations that profit from automation. These are survival strategies, not ideological choices. As the Roman philosopher Seneca once said, "Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity." In this case, society must prepare for the AI-driven upheaval or face chaos.

The Last Jobs: Designers and Machine Teachers

As AI systems replace traditional jobs, only two types of work remain: designers and machine teachers. Designers will create the interfaces and systems where AI thrives. Machine teachers will be responsible for training AI, teaching it to improve and become more adaptable. In a world where machines are the workforce, humans become the mentors—training machines to understand, refine, and mimic human judgment. Plato argued that education was the process of leading a soul to knowledge; in this new era, we lead machines to understanding.

The New Social Contract

Much like Confucian ideals of balance in governance, society must now rethink the concept of work and value. AI will usher in a post-scarcity economy, where the traditional link between labor and wealth is severed. With machines handling most of the production, we will need new metrics to determine human contribution. Creativity, caregiving, and community-building may become the most valued forms of human labor. Marcus Aurelius once emphasized the importance of acting in accordance with nature and rationality—our new “nature” may now involve machines.

Data-Driven Governance

By 2040, if we manage this shift well, we may enter an era of AI-assisted governance. Governments will make data-driven decisions, and AI will handle policy recommendations with precision and efficiency. Technocratic rule, focused on efficiency rather than human debate, could redefine how we are governed. The question remains: can democracy survive in an AI-driven world, or will technocracy replace it?

Conclusion: Evolve or Collapse

AI has already arrived, and it is reshaping every aspect of human society. Adaptation is the only option if we are to survive this revolution. As Aristotle said, "Change in all things is sweet," but it is not always easy. We face a future where we must redefine work, governance, and human value. AI is not waiting for us to catch up—it is moving forward. Will we?

Sources:

• McKinsey Global Institute: www.mckinsey.com
• World Economic Forum: www.weforum.org
• Finland’s UBI Pilot Program: www.kela.fi