I Asked a Simple Question About AI. The Answer Didn’t Hold Up

This started as a simple question in a gas station parking lot: if AI replaces a meaningful percentage of jobs, what actually happens to the system? Not in theory but mechanically. Who’s earning, who’s spending, and how does that ripple through everything else? The initial answer I got was the standard one: things adapt like they always have. That didn’t sit right, so I pushed on it.

By the time I got home, that question had turned into a full probabilistic model and white paper. Instead of opinions, it uses data, interval-based assumptions, and Monte Carlo simulation to map a range of outcomes, from mild disruption to severe and even catastrophic scenarios. It’s not a prediction, and it’s not alarmist. It’s just a structured way to stress-test the assumptions most people are making right now. You can download the full paper below if you want to see how the math actually plays out.

AI-Driven Economic Displacement,Frontier Model Risk, and Systemic Stability

About the author / Jody Haneke

Jody Haneke is President and Founder of Haneke Design, a digital product design and development agency in Tampa, Florida. Mr. Haneke was part of the emerging field of user experience design from the day he graduated from Ringling College of Art and Design with a degree in Graphic Design in 1995. Haneke Design has become the go-to resource for companies such as NYSE, Paramount Pictures, Target, and the One World Observatory to launch digital products that amaze and delight end-users.

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