Jobs will go up, not down by 2030 post-AI adjustment

Jobs will go up, not down by 2030 post-AI adjustment | when Mark says this is crazy. Jobs are going up not down like yeah by 2030 that's absolutely true. Just like the industrial revolution, jobs went up, not down after it was all the dust adjustment.

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when Mark says this is crazy. Jobs are going up not down like yeah by 2030 that's absolutely true. Just like the industrial revolution, jobs went up, not down after it was all the dust adjustment.

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