AI is about to hit jobs and the economy hard within a few years, and that's bad news for white-collar workers and shaky governments — but the bigger danger is cheap AI-powered weapons.

• AI will start wiping out entry-level office jobs around 2027, with up to 30% of jobs in some sectors (call centers, graphic design) gone by 2028.
• The real threat isn't AI turning evil — it's powerful people and armies using AI for control, killing, and surveillance.
• Mass job losses could push unemployment toward great-recession levels, risking economies spiraling and civil unrest.
• Cheap $20,000 AI drones are called the biggest danger, since killing becomes so cheap that any country can do it at scale.
• The safest jobs are ones built on human connection — nursing, counseling, anything machines can't fake emotionally.

Outlook: Expect rising white-collar unemployment and an AI arms race over the next few years, with no treaty likely until a major disaster forces one.