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What Dan Shipper thinks about AI and jobs

@dan-shipper · 24 positions · 0 changes of mind

Co-founder and chief executive of Every, the AI-focused writing and software studio behind Cora, Spiral and Proof.

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4 dated positions, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Dan Shipper has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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  1. Our readingEvery new model makes yesterday’s human competence cheap and therefore commoditised; the human job is to take that frozen competence and make something new with it.

    Their wordsWhat models do in general is they make yesterday's human competence cheap. And so, it becomes commoditized. It's not valuable anymore. What humans do is we go in there and we're like, "Yeah, we have all this frozen human competence from yesterday. How do I use this like make something new and interesting?"

    ↗AI predictions: Job markets, Codex beats Claude, and the death of org charts | Dan Shipperyoutube.com 1st of 24 in this recording

    Interesting

  3. Our readingThe forward-deployed engineer is a real new job, and it exists because every agent needs a human.

    Their wordsAnd the thing that is becoming really clear is the whole forward deployed engineer concept I think is for real. And it comes out of every agent needs a human.

    ↗AI predictions: Job markets, Codex beats Claude, and the death of org charts | Dan Shipperyoutube.com 17th of 24 in this recording

    Interesting

  5. Our readingThe mass unemployment some AI CEOs describe is not going to happen.

    Their wordsBut the like mass unemployment thing I think that like some AI CEOs are talking about like I think that's not going to happen.

    ↗AI predictions: Job markets, Codex beats Claude, and the death of org charts | Dan Shipperyoutube.com 22nd of 24 in this recording

    Interesting

  7. Our readingThe one thing you have to do to stay employable is ride the models — use each new one for whatever it is you actually do.

    Their wordsAnd I think that is actually super important. Um the only thing you need to do is ride the models. And that means use them for whatever it is that you do.

    ↗AI predictions: Job markets, Codex beats Claude, and the death of org charts | Dan Shipperyoutube.com 23rd of 24 in this recording

    Interesting