The Art of Holdings #13

Markets
The AI Job Collapse Has Already Started

Most people are still talking about AI like it’s some distant threat.

They say:
"One day AI might replace jobs..."
"In the future, entire industries could be disrupted..."
"Eventually, some skill sets may become obsolete..."

Let me tell you something very directly:
That "one day" is no longer theoretical. It has already arrived.

We are not approaching the cliff — we are already over the edge.

I’m not sharing this to scare you. I’m sharing it because I’ve seen it with my own eyes, in real time, across multiple businesses and industries.

The collapse isn’t coming.
The collapse is already underway.

The only reason it doesn’t feel like a collapse yet is because most people haven’t felt it personally yet.

But many already have, especially younger people trying to break into industries that simply don’t need to hire like they used to.

I’ll give you my own real-world examples.

In my own businesses, across multiple companies, sectors, and verticals, here’s what has already happened:

• Work that once required full-time copywriters? Done by AI.

• Social media management? Largely automated.

• Brand messaging and positioning frameworks? AI drafts dozens of options in minutes.

• Market research? Fully generated and summarized overnight.

• Admin and project management? Automated assistants handle the load.

Just a few years ago, these tasks would have required multiple people, multiple invoices, multiple payroll expenses. Now they are handled with software, subscriptions, and a few hours of my time.

Thousands of dollars per month in labor has been cut.

Weeks of turnaround time has been eliminated.

And in many cases, the quality is better than what I was paying for before.

The uncomfortable truth: this is happening fast.

AI doesn’t need to be “perfect” to replace jobs.

It just needs to be good enough that one person can do the work of five.

And that’s exactly where we are.

The first jobs being eaten are not “low-skilled” jobs, they’re knowledge jobs:

• Writers

• Editors

• Researchers

• Designers

• Marketers

• Consultants

• Analysts

• Project managers

If you sell your time, knowledge, or ability to manipulate information, you are on the front lines of this disruption.

Most people won’t feel it… until they do.

What makes this wave so dangerous is that it doesn’t hit everyone at once.

If you’re reading this, you may still have your job. You may not feel anything happening yet.

But behind the scenes:

• Companies are quietly eliminating roles.

• Budgets are shrinking.

• Departments aren’t replacing staff who leave.

• Junior roles are disappearing entirely.

• Entire new startups are being built with AI instead of headcount.

The hiring pipeline itself is drying up.

The younger generation already feels it, many can’t get in the door because the jobs don’t exist anymore.

It’s not a future event.
It’s already happening, right now, underneath the surface.

The acceleration phase is beginning.

We are not in the early stages anymore. We are entering the acceleration phase.

Over the next 24-36 months, the pace of job destruction will speed up dramatically. As companies become more comfortable trusting AI to handle more complex workflows, the pressure to reduce headcount will become impossible to ignore.

If you think this is an overreaction, I’m perfectly fine with that.
In fact, I prefer it. Because I plan to be ahead of the wave while most are still dismissing it.

This is where real leverage exists.

Every major shift in history creates two groups:

• The disrupted.

• The adaptors.

This is no different.

The people who get in front of this, who learn how to work with AI instead of competing against it, will create the next wave of wealth and opportunity.

The rest will wake up one day wondering what happened.

You have a choice right now:

• Start figuring this out.

• Or pretend you have more time.

Let’s have the conversation.

I want to hear from you:

• Where are you already seeing AI replace tasks?

• What have you automated or eliminated?

• What scares you the most about where this is headed?

And if you need help figuring out how to implement AI across your business, I’m here.
Because the window to be early is closing.