Stanford AI Expert’s Chilling Warning: 1.5 Billion Jobs Are in Danger | Alvin Wang Graylin

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Stanford AI Expert’s Chilling Warning: 1.5 Billion Jobs Are in Danger | Alvin Wang Graylin
Sep 10, 2026 Season 2 Episode 35
Work in Fintech

Alvin Wang Graylin, Digital Fellow at Stanford's Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI) a, returns to Work in Fintech to explain why the AI jobs shock is years away, not decades. He puts it plainly: most thinking work could be replaceable within 3 to 10 years, and around 1.5 billion people worldwide will be affected in the near term.

With host Matthew Cheung, Alvin explains why new graduates are hit first, why 10 to 40% unemployment would push society into chaos, and what the GI Bill teaches us about getting through a transition this big. He also makes the case that scarcity, not human nature, made humans violent, and that AI could be what finally ends that scarcity.

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