Nate B Jones believes that companies are no longer making cuts primarily due to over-hiring during the pandemic in 2024 and 2025, but rather are assessing human value in relation to AI.

Nate B Jones believes that in the world of AI, meaningful work can be done very quickly, but the old way of looking at transactions (multiple years) has not caught up.

Nate B Jones predicts that industries relying on informational or cognitive arbitrage, such as law firms doing research, agencies billing for production costs, and insurance companies doing actuarial analysis, will see their gaps close faster than those relying on structural elements like surgeon's judgment, therapist's empathy, or negotiator's relationship equity.

Nate B Jones is developing a job board to connect vetted AI talent with hiring managers and creating a guide and course on his Substack to help individuals learn and self-assess these AI skills.

Nate B Jones claims some employers, lacking full AI understanding, use job interviews as a learning tool to understand their AI talent needs.

Nate B Jones recommends that analysts develop upstream skills like judgment, communication, and contextual reasoning rapidly, warning that the window for individuals to make this shift voluntarily is not forever as companies will eventually cut those not growing.