How to Money · Wednesday, August 5, 2026
Jack Raines dismisses the widespread anxiety about AI taking all jobs, calling it a pessimistic outlook he doesn't buy into. He suggests this narrative might be fueled by AI labs seeking to justify high valuations, and encourages young people to view AI tools as opportunities rather than threats.
“the thing that's like in vogue right now is like the whole. And this also like I live in San Francisco for a year, I'm still very much in the AI tech world, but the everybody's so worried about AI taking all the jobs and permanent underclass and blah blah blah.”
“I actually think like the worst take in general is having a pessimistic out look on like humanity, your career prospects or whatever because of this tech trend when in reality, like AI labs are really big and they need a certain narrative out there of like AI is going to eat everything to justify trillion dollar valuations for AI companies.”
“But like the best thing a young Like should young people use AI tools, Yes, But like should you be pessimistic and have a doomer mindset no.”