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Aleksandar Rodić warns that AI driven labor reduction triggers a national economic death spiral. A call for human centered AI and a new economic foundation. 

Forget the victory laps around cost savings, cutting people in the name of AI-driven efficiency can set off a quiet chain reaction that ends in cultural hollowing, bland products, and a market that simply stops caring. We trace that arc from the first green dashboard to the last indifferent customer, then widen the lens to show how those choices chip away at local demand, slow the velocity of money, drain the tax base, and push governments into expensive, short-lived stabilizers.

We unpack the three stage decline inside firms: the illusion of efficiency that confuses extraction for creation, the hollowing where algorithmic imitation replaces originality, and the irrelevance spiral where perfect processes ship forgettable work. Along the way, we surface the “red line” of participation, a threshold of household income and engagement below which economies obey unforgiving mechanics. When purchasing power falls while productivity climbs, no level of optimization can move unsold inventory or rebuild trust.

This conversation is not anti tech; it is pro integration. We lay out a practical blueprint for leaders and policymakers: use AI to run systems and scale existing intelligence, while investing human time in meaning, creativity, and new market formation. Recycle efficiency gains into training and invention. Track participation and circulation velocity, not just GDP. Reform incentives so companies are rewarded for expanding human potential rather than shrinking payrolls. The nations and organizations that get this right will pair productivity gains with rising human participation, and they will own the future.

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This episode is part of the Conscience by Design 2025 initiative, a global effort to bring responsibility and ethical awareness into the core of intelligent systems and to shape a future that protects what truly matters.

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