A top AI pioneer just issued the darkest warning yet on AI job losses. Emad Mostaque, co-founder of Stability AI and creator of Stable Diffusion, says the real wave of unemployment starts in 2026, and it will hit so fast that society could face chaos while tech billionaires hide in luxury bunkers.
Speaking on Dr Myriam Francois’s podcast on November 27, 2025, Mostaque declared that next year AI finally crosses the line from “not good enough” to “better and cheaper than humans overnight.” Once that happens, he warns, massive AI job losses begin and nobody knows where they stop.
What Mostaque Predicts for AI Job Losses
- 2026 marks the tipping point – AI models suddenly become economically superior to human workers for any task done “on the other side of a screen.”
- Digital workers will cost under $1,000 a year – companies will replace people because the math is unbeatable: no salary, no breaks, no mistakes.
- Graduates and mid-level roles vanish first – youth unemployment will “rocket,” followed quickly by white-collar jobs across industries.
- 2–3 years for total disruption – most screen-based jobs disappear as AI agents handle long, complex work without fatigue.
- Social unrest likely – Mostaque fears inequality, protests, and a breakdown of the current economic order unless governments act fast.
The Stability AI founder claims tech CEOs already see it coming. Many have cancelled public appearances because they expect a huge wave of anti-AI anger in 2026. Meanwhile, billionaires quietly prepare escape plans:
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- Mark Zuckerberg builds a 5,000 sq ft underground bunker in Hawaii with blast doors and its own food and energy supplies.
- Sam Altman stocks guns, gold, antibiotics, gas masks, and land in Big Sur.
- Peter Thiel and others buy remote properties and luxury doomsday shelters worldwide.
Mostaque calls the next 1,000 days a critical window. Without transparent rules and democratic control of AI, he warns, ordinary people will struggle while the ultra-rich watch from fortified bunkers.
His message is blunt: the AI job losses revolution is no longer coming; it arrives in 2026, and society is not ready.
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