The AI Apocalypse: From "Don't Panic" To "15 Million Job-Body-bags"
AI's first victims have arrived
Only weeks after Goldman CEO David Solomon argued fears of an AI jobs bloodbath were overblown, his own research department published what may be the most comprehensive report yet on AI's impact on employment. The conclusion isn't that an AI apocalypse has arrived, but that the first measurable cracks are beginning to appear. AI-exposed industries are already contracting, layoffs explicitly attributed to AI are accelerating, coding agents are now dramatically cheaper than human developers, and Goldman estimates that roughly 15 million US workers could ultimately be displaced during the transition.