Who Exactly Is Going to Buy What the Robots Make?

The piece argues that companies betting on AI automation are overlooking a simple requirement: someone must still buy what the robots produce. It links AI-driven factory-worker imagery and the spread of AI-generated advertising to a broader wave of layoffs framed as cost-saving. The article describes a scenario where workers are displaced—sometimes with severance, often without—while safety nets are strained as fewer people pay in and more depend on benefits. It suggests outcomes could range from conflict to suppression by robotic police forces, but emphasizes a deeper divide growing between employed and unemployed rather than traditional cultural lines.