AI is already replacing entire job sectors, as we saw when Anthropic announced its COBOL code tools. Next, DeepSeek V4 is going to sweep in and achieve widespread automation inside the corporate workplace, resulting in huge job losses. Microsoft's AI CEO wasn't wrong when he predicted mass replacements of office workers over the next 12-18 months. Here's the infographic I created to depict this:
New article: The AI Replacement Doom Loop: Why UBI Won't Save Us and What Comes Next
Mass technological unemployment does not lead to a peaceful transition. It triggers an economic death spiral. As millions of knowledge workers are displaced, consumer spending and discretionary income collapse. Companies, facing falling sales and pressure to cut costs, respond by accelerating their automation efforts, pushing even more humans out of the economy and further depressing demand. This creates a catastrophic feedback loop: less spending leads to more automation, which leads to even less spending. The result is a simultaneous tax revenue apocalypse for governments and the implosion of the consumer economy that has powered Western societies for a century.
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https://www.naturalnews.com/2026-02-25-the-ai-replacement-doom-loop.html