Informed: the podcast for LinkedIn® users
Informed: the podcast for LinkedIn® users

479. Is AI going to take all our jobs?

21 February 2026 18:48 John Espirian

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About this episode

Is AI coming for all our jobs? That's the main topic this week, with lots of resources for you to check out so you can work out on which side of the fence to fall.

Postbag

Anon: How can I make my Featured items look the same size?

Other topics in this week's show:

Something Big Is Happening AI article by Matt Shumer

Frank Prendergast has shared a voice note about this. Check out Frank's podcast with Justin Collery: The AI Argument

See this annotated version and podcast as a rebuttal to Matt's article, produced by Ed Zitron.

About that Matt Shumer post – another rebuttal, by Gary Marcus.

Watch a clip of Mustafa Suleyman, CEO at Microsoft AI, speaking to the Financial Times about what AI will do to white-collar jobs.

LinkedIn Local programme to shut down at the end of 2026.

LinkedIn action on automated comments

LinkedIn Future of Work fund open till 15 March 2026 – apply here

What's your oldest post on LinkedIn?

Bonus content I found after recording: check out episode 11 of The Last Invention, which includes interviews with Ed Zitron and Gary Marcus.

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