MIT Economist: AI Will Make The Majority Poor. How To Survive?

AI – a world in which the majority will become impoverished

 

This economist from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology just issued a frightening forecast:

 

“AI will make your skills useless. A ‘Mad Max’ economy is coming.”

 

But those who create “a certain type of income” will survive the coming events.

 

Time is running out. Here’s how to do it.

 

Let’s make one thing clear:

 

David Autor is not some doomsday predictor.

 

He is an economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology whose research on the “China Shock” changed our understanding of job losses.

 

The “China Shock” is the significant impact of China’s rapid economic growth and increased exports, particularly on the manufacturing sectors of other countries – the USA and Europe, after China’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2001. The sharp rise in imports from China led to job losses and economic difficulties in the industries of these countries, which faced fierce competition from Chinese manufacturers, especially in labor-intensive sectors.

 

His forecasts have shaped US federal policy for decades.

 

Now he sees something much worse coming…

 

On the “Possibly” podcast, the Author made the following sensational statement:

 

“The world may be very rich, but most people will have nothing.”

 

A rich world in which people are poor.

 

The escape route he proposed shocked even his colleagues…

 

The Author claims that jobs will not disappear.

 

But your expertise will simply lose all value.

 

Law, medicine, engineering?

 

AI will make payment for this work pennies. The “Complete commercialization of human knowledge” is coming.

 

So what, according to him, is the only way to ensure guaranteed security for people’s survival?

 

Create asset-backed income.

 

Now.

 

Not new skills. Not additional education.

 

Assets that generate money regardless of what AI does in the labor market.

 

This is why it is more important than any career shift.

 

Everyone is competing for scraps, while AI takes the real value.

 

Your specialized training becomes useless overnight.

 

Remember the time of the collapse of the USSR. Instantly, a multi-million strong army of some of the most qualified scientists and engineers in the world literally ended up at the country’s flea markets, selling their last possessions. I involuntarily recalled one of the world’s largest microwave technology production NGOs “…”, headed by my great friend Academician, Doctor of Technical Sciences I. G. Artyukh. The NGO had about 500 doctors and candidates of sciences. The number of scientific and technical personnel was about 12,000 people. In those days, salaries were paid with various Chinese clothes, paid to China for the work performed. And then doctors and candidates of sciences, and of course engineers and employees of the NGO stood at “flea markets”, selling Chinese goods. The level of scientific and technical work of the NGO “…”? I still can’t write everything here due to secrecy. In any case, there were such real technologies that not a single enemy drone would not only fly up to our airfields, it simply would not take off. Not to mention drones. Satellites in orbit would cease to exist. Space junk would fly in space without electronics… And most importantly! It is unlikely that anyone in the world could record an attack on these drones and satellites. In a word, the project in the USSR was called “Space Wars”.

 

Everyone is competing for scraps, while AI takes the real value.

 

Your specialized training becomes useless overnight.

 

But there is a fundamental difference between knowing and owning…

 

AI cannot devalue what you own.

 

AI can only devalue what you know.

 

The rich understand this difference.

 

They quickly convert skills into assets before the crash hits.

 

Smart money always moves first.

 

While others argue about which skills to master next, asset owners are creating sources of income that will survive any upheaval.

 

Real estate. Stocks. Securities. Business ownership.

 

These are no longer just investments. They are tools of survival.

 

Start with Sberbank shares – the most profitable bank in Russia, to receive regular dividends and not worry about landlords.

 

Add dividend aristocrats with 25+ years of stable payments.

 

Consider acquiring asset-backed securities with fixed income.

 

Create or buy an online business for scalable income.

 

Each of them creates income independent of the value of your labor.

 

The timeline is shorter than most people think.

 

Every month of delay moves you further away from those who are already building their asset fortress.

 

The Author’s previous forecasts came true faster than expected.

 

This one will too.

 

The choice is obvious: own assets or become impoverished.

 

In the future, much of the knowledge you have acquired will not pay the rent.

 

Your assets will.

 

The Cardinal Shift in the world is rapidly gaining momentum.

 

In the future AI world, people who own assets will always outperform people who know…

 

In the attention economy, wealth does not depend on effort—it depends on structure.

 

The system will not collapse overnight. But its boundaries are already changing.

 

People with a voice and influence get priority access to asset opportunities.

 

To succeed in the modern world, it is necessary to have the highest levels of vital energy and intuition in order to make choices correctly and successfully in this most complex economic and financial world. And my highly professional team consisting of Nutritionists, psychologists, musicians, doctors, and a producer of elite chocolate will help you enhance your vital energy and intuition for choosing the right life strategy in the world of AI.

 

© Anatoly Klepov, 2025