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Robert Kiyosaki predicted AI-driven ‘massive unemployment,’ and 2026 might make him a prophet. What’s behind the layoffs

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  • He became an entrepreneur investing in real estate, using debt, and saving real gold, silver, and Bitcoin instead of following traditional employment advice

    60% confidence
  • Companies are scapegoating AI to make good excuses for layoffs rather than true efficiency gains

    60% confidence
  • AI will cause many 'smart students' to lose their jobs and cause massive unemployment, with many still having student loan debt

    60% confidence
  • Work will become optional in the future as AI continues to develop

    60% confidence
  • Work will become optional in the future as AI develops, similar to growing vegetables in your backyard

    60% confidence
  • Gold will soon break through $2,100 and then take off, with next stop at $3,700

    60% confidence
  • AI could wipe out half of all entry-level white-collar jobs and push unemployment rate as high as 20% in the next one to five years

    60% confidence
  • Gold will soon break through $2,100 and then take off, with next stop being $3,700

    60% confidence
  • AI cannot fire him because he does not have a job

    60% confidence
  • AI could wipe out half of all entry-level white-collar jobs and push unemployment rate as high as 20% in the next one to five years

    60% confidence
  • People should become entrepreneurs, at least have a side hustle, and not need job security, then invest in income-producing real estate in a crash which provides steady cash flow

    60% confidence
  • He owns 15,000 houses strictly for investment purposes

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  • Investing in talent and AI tools are not mutually exclusive, and many 'AI layoffs' are just companies underperforming or lacking market opportunity

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  • Investing in talent and AI tools are not mutually exclusive, and many AI layoffs are just companies underperforming or lacking bigger market opportunity

    60% confidence
  • AI will cause many 'smart students' to lose their jobs and cause massive unemployment, with many still having student loan debt

    60% confidence
  • Companies are scapegoating AI technology and using it to make good excuses for layoffs, skeptical whether layoffs are due to true efficiency gains

    60% confidence
  • Recommends becoming entrepreneurs with at least a side hustle and investing in income-producing real estate for steady cash flow

    60% confidence
  • AI cannot fire him because he does not have a job

    60% confidence
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