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EMERGENCY DEBATE: The Economy Is About To Collapse! The 2026 AI Crisis Nobody Sees Coming
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Steven Bartlett cited a Figure AI livestream showing a humanoid robot sorting parcels on a factory floor for four consecutive days, performing better and faster than humans.
Even if AI eventually creates wonderful new jobs — on Mars, in space, in robotics — it will take a minimum of 20 years to get there. The 61-year-old assembly line worker in Cleveland cannot retrain to be a Mars engineer. The transition gap is real, enormous, and completely unplanned for by any government or company.
Steven Bartlett said Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi confirmed Uber will automate its 9.4 million driver jobs with autonomous vehicles and admitted he does not know what those drivers will do.
Driving is the biggest single employer in the world. Uber's CEO confirmed to Steven Bartlett that Uber will automate all 9.4 million driver jobs with autonomous vehicles. When asked what those drivers will do, the CEO said: 'I don't know.' Tech executives talk openly about mass disruption behind closed doors — they just don't say it publicly.
