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Is AI Going to Destroy Our Lives or Not?

Kyla Scanlon · 28 May 2026

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  1. Thinking of a job as a bundle of tasks, the dimensionality, is a very useful rule of thumb because it gives you a good sense of how at-risk a chosen job might be.
  2. Those seem to be the pillars of strength in the AI age: being able to evaluate, having some element of taste, holding accountability, building out networks, and the capacity to deliver a human touch in an increasingly automated world.
  3. The costs land on individuals for a very long time. The economy will adjust in the long-run, but the adjustment period can still suck.

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