A sharp on-camera clash over whether AI will create new jobs the way the internet did — bad news for AI optimists, since the comparison cuts the other way.

• Kevin O'Leary argues AI and robotics will create new jobs nobody can predict yet, just like the internet did after the late 1980s.
• Tucker Carlson pushes back, asking what those jobs actually are, and gets no specific answer.
• Carlson points out that since the internet took over daily life, suicide rates, addiction, and life expectancy have all gotten worse in America.
• The takeaway: if you were worried about the internet in 1992, you were right, so the same warning applies to AI now.

Outlook: Expect the "AI will create new jobs" pitch to face more pushback as job displacement fears grow.