Surviving AI – Navigating AI Job Displacement and Automation
Join Carlo Thompson on Surviving AI, your definitive resource for understanding AI job displacement and mastering AI survival strategies. This podcast breaks down complex artificial intelligence trends affecting jobs and offers practical guidance on skill development and navigating job automation challenges. With expert insights and structured content, listeners are equipped to protect their careers and capitalize on new opportunities in the changing economy.
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.
Episodes
63 episodes
The Most Dangerous AI Misconception, according to a 40-Year IT Veteran, CEO Joe Turso of Hivepoint
"AI doesn't replace the human; it enhances the human." That's the flat answer Joe Turso — Co-Founder/CEO of HivePoint Group, a managed service provider that has spent the last several years building an AI-native operating system for small and m...
25.87% of Black Applicants Hit an AI Hiring Wall That Isn't Illegal — Yet
"The silence is the tell." That's how this episode opens because if you've sent out dozens of applications and heard almost nothing back, the instinct is to assume something's wrong with you. It isn't. Roughly a quarter of everyone currently un...
77% of Companies Say They'll Help You When AI Cuts Your Job. Only 19% of Workers Ever Find Out.
As of July 2, 2026, AI has been the number-one stated reason for U.S. layoffs for four consecutive months 101,743 jobs cut so far this year with AI explicitly named as the cause (Challenger, Gray and Christmas). That's not a projection. I...
The More You Trust AI, the Less You Think. 50% of Executives Are Watching Their Teams Lose It.
PwC analyzed more than a billion job postings across 27 countries and found thatentry-level roles most exposed to AI are now seven times more likely to requiresenior-level judgment and leadership skills than less-exposed roles. Those "s...
35,000 People Applied in 7 Days. Only 1,000 Got In. Here's What They Know.
Thirty-five thousand people applied to Meta's fiber technician training program inseven days. One thousand spots. No experience required. Five weeks, free housing, free tuition, daily stipend, guaranteed job at the end. Meta saw the demand ...
41% of Trades Workers Retire by 2031 — Here's Who Gets Paid to Replace Them
Randstad analyzed 50 million job postings and found skilled trades growingthree times faster than professional roles — while 102 people leave manufacturingfor every 100 who enter. The pipeline is going in the wrong direction at exactly<...
Meta Could Reskill 20% of Its Workforce for Less Than 1% of Its AI Budget.
Meta is reportedly considering laying off up to 20% of its workforce to help fund $600 billion in AI data center investment through 2028. The headline got attention. The math behind it didn't. Carlo Thompson comes back between scheduled episode...
One Country Solved AI Job Retraining. Most of Its Citizens Still Didn't Use It.
Roughly 76% of workers plan to build AI skills this year. Only about 13% have actually received any training — and 42% say their employer told them to figure it out on their own. That gap hasn't closed in two-plus years of explosive AI growth, ...
AI Will Delete 50% of Middle Managers. The Ones Who Lead Are About to Get Rich.
AI is coming for the managers — and the headlines are right about the cuts but wrong about the reason. Through 2026, Gartner projects 20% of organizations will use AI to flatten their structure and eliminate more than half of current middle-man...
The AI Training Gap Is a Business Problem: Here's the Corporate Math
Only 26% of companies offer formal AI upskilling, down from 35% last year, while AI tool spending grew by 23% over the same period. This isn't just a workforce problem.It's a business problem with a compounding cost. In this episode, Carlo ...
The $1.5M Conversation: Why Negotiation Is Your Highest-ROI Career Skill in 2026
55% of workers never negotiate their salary, and research shows that this decision costs the average person over $1.5 million in lifetime earnings. AI can prepare you for the conversation. It cannot read discomfort in someone's posture, hol...
The Great AI Job Reshaping: Beyond Job Displacement Myths
BCG analyzed 165 million U.S. jobs and found that 50–55% will be significantly reshaped by AIwithin the next 2–3 years — but only 10–15% will be eliminated. In this episode of Surviving AI,Carlo Thompson and AI co-host Ainsley break dow...
The Storytelling Premium: Why the Human Voice Is Worth a Fortune in the AI Era
AI writes over a million articles a day — and companies are now paying up to $775,000 a year for human storytellers. In this episode of Surviving AI Season 5: The Human Edge, Carlo Thompson and AI co-host Ainsley break down why human storytelli...
Your AI Has a Hidden Worldview — And It's Quietly Shaping Everything You Send
Have you ever clicked "auto-reply," let an AI co-pilot draft an email, and realized later that the tone completely misfired? In this episode of Surviving AI, host Carlo Thompson and AI co-host Ainsley expose a massive, invisible ri...
Season 5 Premiere: The Human Edge — What AI Will Never Take From You
Season 5 of Surviving AI is here.AI scored in the top 10% on the bar exam. It can pass the MCAT. It can writeyour emails, generate your performance reviews, and run your meetings. Butthere is one skill it cannot replicate — and ...
Gartner Says 50% of Companies Will Test Your Thinking Without AI. Are You Ready?
Something is different about this episode.There's a new voice on Surviving AI. She was teased last episodeas the massive surprise — and she's finally here. Her name isAinsley. She's sharp, data-backed, and unsettling in the best...
I Used AI to Host My Own Podcast for 46 Episodes. Now It's Time to Come Clean.
For the first time in 46 episodes — this is my real voice.I owe you some honesty. Every episode you've listened to onSurviving AI was narrated by AI. Not because I was trying todeceive you but because I had a reason, ...
Are You Actually Winning? The Quarterly Financial Scorecard for the AI Economy
Monday's series finale gave you the 10-year plan. Today's episode shows you exactly how to track it.The AI Era Quarterly Survival Review is the 5-section, 2.5-hour review system Carlo Thompson runs every 90 days — and this episode is yo...
16,000 U.S. Jobs Gone Every Month — Here's Your Complete 10-Year Survival Plan | Surviving AI Finale
SERIES FINALE. Everything we've covered in 24 episodes comes down to this: a concrete, decade-long roadmap from wherever you are today to financial security and career strength by 2035.In this finale, Carlo Thompson delivers the complet...
The AI Consulting Launch Blueprint: Your First $10K Client in 90 Days
Having AI skills doesn't make you money. Having a paying client does. This bonus episode is the bridge — a 90-day, step-by-step blueprint to finding and closing your first $5K–$10K AI consulting engagement.This is the advanced strategy ...
If You Can't Beat AI, Become the Person Who Builds It — The $150K Skills Roadmap
The wage premium for AI skills just hit 56% — that's not a prediction, it's current data from PwC's analysis of nearly a billion job ads. In this episode, I break down the exact 18-month roadmap to go from AI novice to $150K+.**BODY:**<...
Move First or Job First? The AI Economy Relocation Guide (Step-by-Step)
Monday's episode told you WHERE to live in the AI economy. Today's episode tells you HOW.Carlo Thompson breaks down the step-by-step relocation playbook: the job-vs-move-first question answered with actual data, the financial runway you...
The City Tier List_ Where to Live — and Where to Escape — in the AI Economy
Your zip code might be the most important career decision you make in the AI era — and most people aren't paying attention to it. In this episode, Carlo Thompson breaks down the 2026 city tiers for AI economy survivability: w...
Trade School vs. College in the AI Era: The 2026 Math Every Parent Needs to See
The college decision in 2026 is not the same as it was in 2006. With AI compressing entry-level white-collar jobs and 25% of bachelor's degree programs delivering a negative ROI, families need a new analytical framework — not social inertia.
How Smart Families Are Preparing for AI Disruption — Before It's Too Late
AI isn't just disrupting individual careers — it's disrupting entire households. With AI eliminating 16,000 U.S. jobs per month (Goldman Sachs, April 2026), families need a coordinated strategy — not just individual survival plans.In th...
