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In our last (for now!) video essay, Chelsea gets into something no one *wants* to think about, but has to: the long-term impact of AI on the job market, and subsequently, the economy. With AI taking over more and more entry-level white-collar jobs, what's going to happen when there are no more jobs left?
Special thanks to Joe Pietromonico, Founder and Career Coach at Shape Your Fate https://www.shapeyourfatecareer.com/
SOURCE LINKS:
https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/oracle-layoff-ai-data-centre-b2950165.html
https://www.businessinsider.com/larry-ellison-ai-surveillance-keep-citizens-on-their-best-behavior-2024-9
https://blog.theinterviewguys.com/how-many-applications-it-takes-to-get-hired-in-2025/
https://www.jobscan.co/blog/fortune-500-use-applicant-tracking-systems/
https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/finding-a-job/how-long-does-it-take-to-find-a-job
https://eu.36kr.com/en/p/3648851352018565
https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/coding-dead-teaching-computer-programming-age-ai
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/top-10-earners-drive-nearly-191500198.html
https://www.hbs.edu/managing-the-future-of-work/Documents/dismissed-by-degrees.pdf
https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/01/future-of-jobs-report-2025-jobs-of-the-future-and-the-skills-you-need-to-get-them/
https://www.instagram.com/p/DVqzAYxkvcv/
https://trendsresearch.org/insight/ai-and-the-gig-economy-how-ai-is-reshaping-freelance-and-contract-work/
https://www.axios.com/2024/07/24/last-federal-minimum-wage-increase-15-years-ago-2009
https://www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/home-prices-surge-five-times-median-income-nearing-historic-highs
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/child-care-expenses-push-an-estimated-134000-families-into-poverty-each-year/
https://trendsresearch.org/insight/ai-and-the-gig-economy-how-ai-is-reshaping-freelance-and-contract-work/
https://generalassemb.ly/students/courses?location=new+york+city
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/04/ai-industry-self-improving-bots/686686/
https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/ai-displaced-workers-could-face-long-setbacks-report-finds-57ef1356
https://www.investing.com/analysis/3-ai-and-chip-giants-controlling-over-90-of-their-markets-200653251
https://www.gtlaw.com/en/insights/2025/9/ai-antitrust-landscape-2025-federal-policy-algorithm-cases-and-regulatory-scrutiny
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/397579321_The_Impact_of_Artificial_Intelligence_on_the_Future_Economy_Job_Displacement_and_Creation_2024-2030
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-08498-x
https://www.ft.com/content/d42fa720-1585-4a7e-830b-b17ee2ca0d6d
00:01:03 Ad break
00:03:30 The Oracle layoffs
00:15:45 My AI agnosticism
00:20:29 Who is actually propping up “the economy”?
00:29:05 AI: expectations vs. reality
00:37:32 Wage stagnation & the myth of “re-skilling”
00:45:02 Will the Age of AI make the Gilded Age feel quaint?
Thanks to our good friends at Monarch for sponsoring this video! Get 50% off Monarch's Core Plan with code TFD50: https://bit.ly/TFDEssay
In our last (for now!) video essay, Chelsea gets into something no one *wants* to think about, but has to: the long-term impact of AI on the job market, and subsequently, the economy. With AI taking over more and more entry-level white-collar jobs, what's going to happen when there are no more jobs left?
Special thanks to Joe Pietromonico, Founder and Career Coach at Shape Your Fate https://www.shapeyourfatecareer.com/
SOURCE LINKS:
https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/oracle-layoff-ai-data-centre-b2950165.html
https://www.businessinsider.com/larry-ellison-ai-surveillance-keep-citizens-on-their-best-behavior-2024-9
https://blog.theinterviewguys.com/how-many-applications-it-takes-to-get-hired-in-2025/
https://www.jobscan.co/blog/fortune-500-use-applicant-tracking-systems/
https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/finding-a-job/how-long-does-it-take-to-find-a-job
https://eu.36kr.com/en/p/3648851352018565
https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/coding-dead-teaching-computer-programming-age-ai
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/top-10-earners-drive-nearly-191500198.html
https://www.hbs.edu/managing-the-future-of-work/Documents/dismissed-by-degrees.pdf
https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/01/future-of-jobs-report-2025-jobs-of-the-future-and-the-skills-you-need-to-get-them/
https://www.instagram.com/p/DVqzAYxkvcv/
https://trendsresearch.org/insight/ai-and-the-gig-economy-how-ai-is-reshaping-freelance-and-contract-work/
https://www.axios.com/2024/07/24/last-federal-minimum-wage-increase-15-years-ago-2009
https://www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/home-prices-surge-five-times-median-income-nearing-historic-highs
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/child-care-expenses-push-an-estimated-134000-families-into-poverty-each-year/
https://trendsresearch.org/insight/ai-and-the-gig-economy-how-ai-is-reshaping-freelance-and-contract-work/
https://generalassemb.ly/students/courses?location=new+york+city
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/04/ai-industry-self-improving-bots/686686/
https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/ai-displaced-workers-could-face-long-setbacks-report-finds-57ef1356
https://www.investing.com/analysis/3-ai-and-chip-giants-controlling-over-90-of-their-markets-200653251
https://www.gtlaw.com/en/insights/2025/9/ai-antitrust-landscape-2025-federal-policy-algorithm-cases-and-regulatory-scrutiny
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/397579321_The_Impact_of_Artificial_Intelligence_on_the_Future_Economy_Job_Displacement_and_Creation_2024-2030
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-08498-x
https://www.ft.com/content/d42fa720-1585-4a7e-830b-b17ee2ca0d6d
00:01:03 Ad break
00:03:30 The Oracle layoffs
00:15:45 My AI agnosticism
00:20:29 Who is actually propping up “the economy”?
00:29:05 AI: expectations vs. reality
00:37:32 Wage stagnation & the myth of “re-skilling”
00:45:02 Will the Age of AI make the Gilded Age feel quaint?
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