The Robots Didn’t Take Our Jobs—They Took the Whole System
Revisiting Martin Ford’s Rise of the Robots in the Age of AGI, AI Co-Pilots, and Jobless Productivity
“We are now confident we know how to build AGI as we have traditionally understood it.”
— Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI“It's not inconceivable that AI could wipe out humanity.”
— Geoffrey Hinton, pioneer of deep learning
In 2025, the conversation around Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) has moved from theory to strategic reality. Leaders at the helm of AI …
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