Here’s How You’ll Make Money When AI Takes Your Job

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How are you going to pay your bills when you no longer have a job?

This is the question on everyone’s minds right now.

The genie is out of the bottle. The age of AI is underway. And it’s going to be the catalyst for tremendous disruption in our economy.

Especially when it comes to work.

By the end of the decade, almost half of American workers could be without a job.

That isn’t to say new jobs won’t be created between now and then.

Or that displaced workers won’t find new ways to generate income for themselves such as by going freelance or starting a business.

It just means the state of employment is changing and with it, how you earn a living.

The current assumption is that it is your personal responsibility to earn a wage in order to meet your needs.

It’s time to throw that belief out the window.

How you understand your role in the economy — including how you support yourself — is going to change as the economy changes.

This essay is going to dive into four scenarios speculating on how you will meet your needs in an income-less future. These scenarios are fraught with political peril and could…