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AI isn't coming for your job someday — it's reshaping industries right now. Surviving AI breaks down the real data behind AI's impact on jobs, careers, and the economy — and gives you the actionable playbook to stay ahead.
They're not evil. They're practical. AI is faster, cheaper, and doesn't need health insurance. The only question is whether you'll see it coming and adapt — or be blindsided like millions before you.
I'm Carlo Thompson, Distinguished Engineer. I've spent two decades building the networks that now power AI. I understand this technology from the inside, and I'm here to translate it into survival strategies you can actually use.
Surviving AI delivers:
✓ Early warning signs your job is vulnerable
✓ Skills that AI can't replicate (yet)
✓ Career pivots that protect your income
✓ Geographic arbitrage strategies for the AI economy
✓ Real case studies from the automation frontlines
✓ The truth about "AI will create more jobs than it destroys."
This is a structured, season-by-season curriculum — not a news recap. Seasons 1–2 cover the foundations: automation risk, protected careers, skilled trades, corporate survival, and business ownership. Season 3 goes deeper into strategic positioning — where to live, where to invest your energy, and how the map of opportunity is being redrawn.
For professionals who'd rather adapt than be replaced — regardless of industry.
This isn't fear-mongering. It's a wake-up call. Because hope isn't a strategy, but preparation is.
New episodes weekly.
Created with AI tools (Claude, NotebookLM) to prove that humans and AI work better together than either does alone.
30 Episodes
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Send us Fan Mail Block just fired 4,000 people — a 40% workforce reduction. CEO Jack Dorsey called it AI-driven automation. The company reported $2.87 billion in profit, up 24% year-over-year. Their stock soared 24% after the announcement. This isn't an isolated case. New research reveals that 59% of hiring managers openly admit they exaggerate AI's role in layoffs because it "plays better" with stakeholders than the truth: cost-cutting disguised as innovation. Meanwhile, only 9% of companie...
Send us Fan Mail AI can automate your skills. It can execute your tasks. It can write your emails and analyze your data. But there's one thing it can't do: have coffee with the VP who wants to hire you. Welcome to the relationship economy. In this episode, we're flipping the narrative on job security in the age of AI. While everyone's panicking about automation and prompt engineering, the real advantage has been hiding in plain sight: your network. We're diving deep into why 70-85% of jobs ...
Send us Fan Mail Everyone says "learn AI." Nobody tells you WHICH tools or HOW. In this episode, I break down the exact 90-day curriculum that makes you valuable in the AI economy — updated for 2026 with the tools, certifications, and skills that actually pay $150K or more. Prompt engineering is no longer a differentiator. The LLMs got better. The market moved on. The real money — $150K to $250K+ — is now in AI governance, agent architecture, and strategic implementation. In this episode, you...
Send us Fan Mail Are you worried that your job is being automated, but feel like you're "too old" to start over? You are not alone, and you are not out of options. While age discrimination is a reality—especially in the tech sector, where ageism costs the U.S. economy $850 billion in lost productivity—older workers possess distinct advantages that younger generations lack. In this episode, we unpack the truth about late-career transitions in the era of Artificial Intelligence. We break down t...
Send us Fan Mail Where you live now matters more than what you do for a living. In 2026, some cities are creating massive AI-driven wealth while others are watching jobs disappear — and the gap is widening every month. This Season 3 premiere reveals the geographic arbitrage playbook: the real map of where AI is creating opportunity, where it's destroying livelihoods, and why your zip code is the most underrated variable in your career survival strategy. In this episode, you'll learn: Why geog...
Send us Fan Mail You are 40 years old. Your job has 3 years left before automation hits. You have $50K in savings. What do you do? This episode gives you the answer — seven complete 24-month roadmaps from dead-end jobs to protected careers earning $80K or more. Real scenarios, real numbers, real timelines. A retail manager becomes a nurse. A call center rep becomes a cloud engineer for $1,000 in certifications. A paralegal becomes a legal tech consultant earning $150 to $300 per hour. In this...
Send us Fan Mail Two seasons. Twelve episodes. The data, the timelines, the risk assessment, the career paths, the retraining roadmap. Now the hard question: did you actually do anything with it? In this Season 2 finale, Carlo Thompson delivers the Survivor Diagnostic — a five-question test that reveals whether you are a Survivor, a Triager, or Delusional about your AI career risk. In this episode, you'll learn: The Survivor Diagnostic: a 5-question test to determine your real readiness level...
Send us Fan Mail 5.5 million new businesses launched in 2023. 10% of Americans are now entrepreneurs. They are not waiting to see if AI takes their jobs — they are building their own future. As an employee, AI decides your compensation. As a business owner, you decide. This episode breaks down why business ownership may be the ultimate AI-proof career strategy — and gives you a 7-day validation exercise to find out if entrepreneurship is your path. In this episode, you'll learn: Why entrepren...
Send us Fan Mail Your company will automate. The only question is whether you will be the one implementing AI or the one being replaced by it. This episode is the tactical playbook for keeping your white-collar job when the restructuring memo lands. In this episode, you'll learn: The 4 Human Specialists who will survive corporate AI restructuring — and the 5 Champions who get promotedHow to move from "replaceable" to "indispensable" in 30 daysThe 6-Month Champion Playbook: month-by-month acti...
Send us Fan Mail 550,000 plumber shortage by 2027. An 80,000+ electrician shortage doubling by 2030. Median age in the trades: 48, with mass retirements coming. Meanwhile, AI threatens millions of white-collar jobs — but the infrastructure powering AI creates massive demand for the very work robots cannot do. As Nvidia's CFO put it: electricians, plumbers, and carpenters are in "astronomical demand." In this episode, you'll learn: Why electricians, plumbers, and HVAC techs face only 5-15% aut...
Send us Fan Mail If you want a job in 2035, look at where hiring is in 2025. Healthcare added 528,500 jobs last year. Nurse practitioners are the fastest-growing occupation in America — up 50%. These are not just safe jobs; they are booming careers with rising wages and nearly unlimited demand. This episode examines the specific healthcare and public safety careers that AI cannot automate — and how to break into these fields even if you have zero medical experience today. In this episode, you...
Send us Fan Mail We have spent years warning about AI taking jobs. The predictions have been dire — knowledge work, creative work, analytical work, all at risk. But there is a massive variable that most AI forecasters are ignoring: the physical infrastructure required to actually run these systems at scale. And that infrastructure is hitting very real walls. This episode is a deep dive into the data behind AI's physical constraints. Could power shortages, water scarcity, community opposition,...
Send us Fan Mail By the end of this episode, you'll have a number—your personal automation risk score. Then we'll tell you exactly what to do about it. Episode 6 of Surviving AI gives you the comprehensive assessment framework combining: O*NET task analysis The Four Protection Factors Stanford exposure metrics Microsoft AI applicability scores THE 100-POINT ASSESSMENT: SECTION 1: Task Analysis (40 points) → Routine vs. creative work → Digital vs. physical → Predictable vs. variable environm...
Send us Fan Mail AI threatens 300 million jobs globally. But 5.5 million new US businesses launched in 2023—the highest ever recorded. What's going on? Episode 5 of Surviving AI explores the entrepreneurship explosion happening alongside automation—and why business ownership might be your best defense. THE NUMBERS THAT DON'T ADD UP: 19% of US adults now identify as entrepreneurs (highest ever)92% of global economies saw increased business formation68% of small businesses already using AIPeop...
Send us Fan Mail You spent $200K on a degree to do work that ChatGPT does in 3 seconds. How does that feel? Episode 4 of Surviving AI delivers the uncomfortable truth about white-collar automation—with specific data for data scientists, lawyers, and accountants. DATA SCIENTISTS: Microsoft study: On the "40 most vulnerable jobs" list35-50% of tasks at immediate riskThe irony: BLS projects 36% growth—but the entry ladder is disappearingSurvival path: Pivot to AI engineering, governance, or dee...
Send us Fan Mail Everyone asks "Will AI take my job?" Wrong question. The right question is "WHEN?" Here's the month-by-month breakdown through 2035. Episode 3 of Surviving AI gives you the specific timeline for every major industry—so you can plan, not panic. PHASE 1 (NOW - 2027): 76,440 jobs already lost to AI in 2025IBM: 8,000 layoffs (AI replaced HR)Customer service: 80% automation by 2025Medical transcription: 99% automated already491 people losing jobs to AI every single dayPHASE 2 (202...
Send us Fan Mail White-collar workers with degrees are getting automated faster than blue-collar workers without them. Here's the data that proves it—and what to do about it. In Episode 2 of Surviving AI, we expose the paradox destroying the "get a degree, get a job" myth: → Pharmacists (PharmD + licensing): 60-75% automation risk → Electricians (apprenticeship + license): 5-15% automation risk → Why predictable office environments are MORE automatable than unpredictable job sites We introdu...
Send us Fan Mail By the end of this episode, you'll know if your job has 24 months or 10 years left. Most of you? 24 months. In this premiere episode of Surviving AI, we break down the cold, hard data on AI job displacement—no fear-mongering, no hype, just facts from academic studies and industry reports. We cover: → The Cashier Crisis: Why 88% automation risk means 350,000 jobs vanishing by 2033 → Amazon Go, Walmart self-checkout, and the pattern that predicts YOUR industry → Why the famous...
Send us Fan Mail AI agents aren't working alone anymore — they're forming autonomous teams. And 40% of these multi-agent projects are failing. If you work in tech, project management, or enterprise software, this is the biggest career opportunity of 2026. This episode breaks down the multi-agent AI orchestration revolution: what it is, why most companies are getting it wrong, and why their failure is creating four brand-new career roles that didn't exist six months ago. In this episode, you'l...
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Surviving AI with Carlo Thompson! In this highly requested deep dive, we are tackling the multi-trillion-dollar question keeping investors and tech executives awake at night: Is the massive AI bubble finally popping, or are we just witnessing a painful but healthy market correction? We are cutting through the hype to look at the cold, hard data driving the financial and technological turbulence of 2026. If you have a 401(k), own tech stocks, or work in the software...
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