Shipper: AI will not cause mass unemployment across the workforce
Dan Shipper · The AI-native startup: 5 products, 7-figure revenue, 100% AI-written code. | Dan Shipper (Every) · Jul 17, 2025 · at 18:49
Dan Shipper, CEO of Every, pushes back against alarmist narratives regarding AI automating away human employment.
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“I hate the headlines that are like, it's going to replace jobs. Or like, it's going to unemployed like two thirds of the workforce. Like, I don't think that's true.”
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