The NewPrism podcast · 13 Nov 2026
What If AI Actually Creates More Jobs Than It Destroys?
Pete and Marty examine whether AI could create more jobs than it displaces, drawing lessons from the automobile and internet eras. They explore a construction-and-robotics scenario and what changing entry-level work means for hiring, education, human judgment, and leadership.
Pete Buhl and Marty Beard · 33 min · AI & automation
In this episode
- What past technology shifts can teach us about job displacement, new industries, and why the opportunities are often harder to see than the immediate disruption.
- An illustrative construction scenario: how AI and robotics could expand housing supply and create new kinds of work, rather than simply automate existing jobs.
- Why companies may need to bring junior employees into decision-making earlier as AI takes over entry-level tasks—and why people at every career stage need to engage with the tools.
- How education and leadership development could shift toward evaluating information, connecting disciplines, framing problems, and exercising human judgment.
