I’m continually concerned that people are unaware of how severe the AI transformation of the workforce is going to be. Even today, with the launch and rapid uptake of Opus 4.5, we’ve seen a huge jump in AI’s ability to craft, code, and design incredible experiences.
Yesterday I spent some time with Nano Banana Pro and can clearly see that we are right on the cusp of a mass proliferation of AI-generated images that few — if any — can tell are AI-generated. Combine this with AI’s ability to handle:
- mass legal work and contract research
- HR management
- marketing strategy and copywriting
- and many other tasks
Short of being able to use hands to do anything (which will eventually also be taken over by robots), there is no doubt that policymakers and governments need to start crafting a universal income package now before there is mass unemployment.
For more context on the policy side, see universal basic income, and for the technology trend driving image and content creation, see generative AI.