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⬤ Groq founder Jonathan Ross just dropped a hot take that goes against everything you've heard about AI stealing jobs. He's betting the AI revolution won't leave millions unemployed—it'll actually make workers scarcer. His logic? When AI slashes costs across the board, people won't need to grind as hard to make ends meet.
⬤ Here's how Ross sees it playing out: AI makes everything cheaper—groceries, rent, services, you name it. When your cost of living drops, suddenly you don't need that 60-hour workweek. People start cutting back hours, retiring at 55 instead of 67, or ditching the corporate ladder entirely. Fewer workers in the pool, but the economy keeps humming. That's a labor shortage, not a job apocalypse.
⬤ This lands right in the middle of the great AI jobs debate. Sure, everyone's worried about ChatGPT and humanoid robots taking over, but Ross isn't buying the doom and gloom. He sees this as work getting redistributed and redefined, not eliminated. The wild card? Those same robots might end up filling the gaps when enough humans peace out of the workforce.
⬤ With AI adoption exploding and billions pouring into infrastructure, Ross's theory matters. If he's right and AI's real impact is cheaper stuff and people choosing to work less, we're looking at a complete reshaping of productivity, spending habits, and what "employment" even means. Turns out the AI job crisis might not be too few jobs—it might be too few workers willing to take them.
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