Job Security: Optimised for Our Own Obsolescence?

The internet promised to make us more productive, more employable, and more economically secure. But as AI begins replacing not just tasks but entire professional roles - including ones that took many years to reach - is technology making job security itself an obsolete concept?We're joined by Nick Jain, a Harvard-trained former private equity investor, and co-founder of Eagle Rock CFO, who builds systems to replace the leadership that used to require a senior executive, giving him a front row seat to a transformation that's rapidly coming for every industry, whether they're ready or not. And he's under no illusions about what that could mean for the rest of us.Welcome to Ruined By The Internet? - the show where we examine how technology is shaping modern life - whether we want it to or not.Follow or subscribe to never miss the next investigation - new episodes regularly.Visit us: https://www.ruinedbytheinternet.com/Help us investigate ourselves: https://www.ruinedbytheinternet.com/survey/Support the show: https://buymeacoffee.com/rbtishowIn this episode we investigate how AI is displacing not just entry-level roles but senior professional positions that people spent careers building toward, examine the J curve of productivity, and why the short-term pain of technology adoption is being distributed so unevenly.We also explore the gap between AI's actual capabilities and the hype being sold to businesses and workers, and ask whether Universal Basic Income is a genuine safety net for what's coming - or a way of making worker displacement politically acceptable.00:00 - The gap between what technology promised and what it's actually delivering03:09 - The J curve of productivity: why things get worse before they get better05:57 - AI and job displacement: which roles are most exposed and why08:52 - Optimism versus pessimism about the future of work: what the evidence actually supports12:03 - The role of creativity in surviving an AI-driven workforce14:51 - Where the real opportunities for growth are, and which industries face the hardest road18:10 - Hollywood as a case study in what AI disruption looks like in practice21:01 - AI washing: separating genuine capability from marketing noise23:06 - What AI can actually do in the workforce right now versus what we're told it can do30:11 - The human cost of job displacement beyond the economic argument37:24 - Universal Basic Income as a response to automation: solution or sticking plaster?42:12 - What the future of work looks like as AI capabilities continue to evolveGuest links – Nick JainWebsite: https://www.eaglerockcfo.com/