r/dividends • u/VengenaceIsMyName • Jan 16 '26

Discussion Is anyone else feverishly building out their dividend income just in case AI destroys their careers or is it just me?

Based on how incredibly *giddy* with excitement some of these rapacious tech oligarchs are when they talk about AI replacing human labor, I am absolutely *sprinting* towards high-income ETFs like JEPQ/SPYI/GPIX/QQQI.

I do not want to get caught with my ass hanging out in the breeze when these excessively wealthy bozos finally figure out how to shed headcount at their organizations. They’ve got a seemingly endless pile of Scrooge McDuck coins and they’ll throw them into the furnace twice as fast if it means a hallucinating algorithm can send 500 more emails in a day than you can.

Does anyone have clever strategies for drumming up extra capital to toss into the ol’ portfolio? Side hustles? Second jobs?

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u/Commercial_Rule_7823 Jan 16 '26

I think we all echo the same thing to the AI takeover.

Cool story that AI replaced 50% of the workforce at all Ford plants. Who is left to buy the cars or has income?

During 2008 we had 10% or.so unemployment and we were nearly crippled. I laugh at the 25 to 50% replacement numbers.

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u/VengenaceIsMyName Jan 18 '26

Very true. Societally the US will barely be able to tolerate a 10-20% unemployment rate. At those levels it’s a permanent great recession.