Yang Warns AI Could Trigger Mass White-Collar Layoffs Within a Year

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Andrew Yang warns on Substack that AI will wipe out millions of white-collar jobs in 12–18 months, predicting desk-based roles from mid-career professionals to coders are at risk, with layoffs potentially triggering a competitive race to cut staff and ripple effects across service sectors as demand for human labor declines.
- Andrew Yang says AI will wipe out millions of white-collar jobs in the next 12 to 18 months Business Insider
- America Isn’t Ready for What AI Will Do to Jobs The Atlantic
- The big AI job swap: why white-collar workers are ditching their careers The Guardian
- White-collar workers who are leaving their jobs for the trades The Times
- The AI jobs-apocalypse is here Prepare for the laptop-class revolt UnHerd
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