# The AI Job Apocalypse Is a Complete Fantasy

> a16z general partner David George pushes back hard on the idea that AI is about to gut the job market, calling the apocalypse framing 'unhelpful marketing, bad economics and worse history.' His argument rests on a familiar but powerful observation: there is no fixed amount of work or cognition to go around, and past leaps in technology consistently expanded economic opportunity rather than shrinking it. The trajectory he sketches is cheaper intelligence leading to bigger markets, new firms and industries, and a shift of humans toward higher-order work rather than mass unemployment. Where tools make a task cheaper, demand for surrounding and adjacent work tends to grow, and entirely new roles appear that no one could have named in advance. George does not dismiss the pain entirely. He argues the real concern should be helping workers through the transition, not bracing for a permanent collapse in employment. It is an optimistic counter to the doom narrative, and worth reading alongside more cautious takes, since a venture firm has obvious reasons to bet that AI's disruption ends well for the companies it funds.

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## Wortins' read

a16z general partner David George pushes back hard on the idea that AI is about to gut the job market, calling the apocalypse framing 'unhelpful marketing, bad economics and worse history.' His argument rests on a familiar but powerful observation: there is no fixed amount of work or cognition to go around, and past leaps in technology consistently expanded economic opportunity rather than shrinking it. The trajectory he sketches is cheaper intelligence leading to bigger markets, new firms and industries, and a shift of humans toward higher-order work rather than mass unemployment. Where tools make a task cheaper, demand for surrounding and adjacent work tends to grow, and entirely new roles appear that no one could have named in advance. George does not dismiss the pain entirely. He argues the real concern should be helping workers through the transition, not bracing for a permanent collapse in employment. It is an optimistic counter to the doom narrative, and worth reading alongside more cautious takes, since a venture firm has obvious reasons to bet that AI's disruption ends well for the companies it funds.

## Source

[Read the full story at Andreessen Horowitz](https://a16z.com/the-ai-job-apocalypse-is-a-complete-fantasy/)

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