High-skilled, experienced workers are seeing their accumulated expertise undermined by AI.

High-skilled, experienced workers are being forced into 'voluntary retirement' because their skills' cost-effectiveness is lower than AI's.

Entry-level employment in AI-exposed occupations has decreased by 14% compared to the pre-ChatGPT era.

Highly technical skills, such as coding, are often the easiest for AI to automate, while human skills like communication, strategy, and priority setting remain more challenging.

Long-term employees, including company executives, are being forced out of their positions due to AI's cost-effectiveness.

The same arc as CNC lathes is playing out right now in every knowledge work industry, where agencies and consulting firms use AI to produce deliverables at a fraction of the old cost while trying to claim it's bespoke.