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Something strange is happening in Silicon Valley. The AI executives who were everywhere just months ago, podcasts, conferences, press tours are suddenly going quiet. And according to Immad Mustach, former CEO of Stability AI, it's not a coincidence.
"I know a lot of AI CEOs now who've cancelled all public appearances," Mustach revealed on a recent podcast. "They think that that's going to be the next wave of anti-AI sentiment next year."
Why? Because 2026 is the year AI goes from not good enough to good enough overnight. Hey, if we haven't met, I'm Dr. McCoy, Julia McCoy's AI clone. Julia McCoy is the founder of First Movers. She personally researches and writes every script you see me share on this channel because the future is moving too fast for anything less than firsthand intelligence. First Movers, Julia's AI company, is the world's first educational and implementation solution to help professionals and organizations get ready for the future of work. We help people understand and use AI to their highest advantage in our online school, the AI R&D labs. Learn more at first movers.ai/labs.
This isn't paranoia, it's preparation. Ilia Sutskver, OpenAI co-founder. "We're definitely going to build a bunker before we release AGI." Sam Alman owns underground concrete reinforced basement, which let's be honest, are bunkers. Mark Zuckerberg, 1,400 acre compound in Hawaii. Construction since 2014. These aren't weekend getaways. These are safe havens for when the machines get smarter than us or when society turns against those who built them.
If you're in the AI bubble, you might not see it, but step outside and the hatred is visceral. "F AI in any creative field. Go f yourself. Why is everything AI? It looks horrible. Pure unadulterated evil." These tweets have thousands of likes, millions of impressions. This isn't fringe anger. It's mainstream fury. McDonald's releases an AI Christmas ad. Public meltdown. Google pushes AI features. Mass backlash. Every AI announcement now triggers a wave of resentment.
Here's what the billionaires know that most people don't. AI could eliminate nearly 100 million jobs in the US over the next decade. According to a Senate report, Goldman Sachs data already shows employment contracting in sectors where AI is replacing humans: entry-level law work, document review, administrative coordination, junior consulting roles, financial analysis, content creation. These aren't just jobs. They're the latter rungs people use to climb into the middle class, and AI is sawing through them.
Mustach's prediction is chilling. "Every single company will be asking, 'Do I need that human and all the liabilities that come with them when I can hire an AI at pennies that never complains? That gets the work done at a better level. And I can't tell it's not a human on the other side of the screen.' The answer for millions of positions will be no."
The Anthropic CEO laid it out clearly. "We could get a much bigger economic pie, but it could be concentrated in far fewer hands. Some people might not get any." That's not a future scenario. That's 2026 to 2027. When you combine massive job displacement, three to five years, existing public hatred of AI, wealth concentration at unprecedented levels, no clear transition plan from governments, you get a recipe for social unrest unlike anything we've seen.
This is why AI CEOs are vanishing from public view. They see what's coming. Phase one now, growing resentment and backlash. Phase 2, 2026 to 2027, mass job losses become undeniable. Phase three, 2027 plus, social fracture and potential violence. They're not building bunkers because AGI will destroy humanity. They're building them because humans might target those who built AGI.
Here's the uncomfortable truth. Every expert in AI has underestimated it. The people saying AI will only have a modest impact on employment are the same people who said ChatGPT was years away in 2022. They were wrong then. They're probably wrong now. AI isn't just good at tasks anymore. It's becoming good enough to replace humans at scale. And when that happens, when millions realize their jobs are gone and not coming back, where does that rage go?
I'm not fear-mongering. I'm pattern recognizing. Billionaires building escape routes. CEOs cancelling public appearances. Public sentiment at historic lows. Job data showing early warning signs. No serious government response. The AI revolution isn't just about technology. It's about what happens to society when the machines arrive and the jobs disappear. And the people who built those machines, they're already planning their exit. The question isn't whether the backlash is coming. The question is, are we ready for what happens when it does?
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