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The non-replacement scenario
Jobs killed by AI
385,711,929
+5.1 every second. What if AI-using employers stopped replacing workers in exposed roles? A continuously running counterfactual model since 1 January 2023. Not a count of verified job losses.
€2,699,092,985,214in this scenario: cost to the state every year – lost taxes and VAT, unemployment benefits – in OECD countries alone
€6,194,836,202,333in this scenario: economic output lost every year, incl. the knock-on effect of lost spending – OECD alone
The evidence
Real human jobs. Machine-assessed replacements.
2,031 current job ads identified as agent-capable
These positions were advertised for people. Our AI assessment suggests that agents could perform much of their advertised work. That is not a proven job loss. It is a machine verdict on real work.
AI suitability score 88/100Financial AccountantPayroll administration with data entry, account reconciliation and authority reporting is a fully digitised routine process.AI suitability score 88/100SAP HCM ConsultantSAP HCM configuration, maintenance and payroll processing are entirely digital system operation.AI suitability score 87/100Online Marketing Manager InternshipOnline marketing with SEO, SEA and social media is purely digital work – data analysis, content creation and campaign management are fully delegable.
The invisible displacement
Nobody fired you.
Nobody hired your successor.
The first victims of AI-driven hiring changes may never appear in a layoff statistic.
19%lower employment of 22–25-year-olds in the most AI-exposed occupations than in less exposed ones. It comes from fewer hires, not from layoffs. Across the economy as a whole, the researchers find no widespread displacement. Stanford Digital Economy Lab, “Canaries in the Coal Mine?”, revised August 2026
The chain reaction
One vacancy. One automation.
One position not refilled.
Each decision makes sense on its own. The question is what happens when everybody makes the same decision.
Entry-level jobsThe bottom rung of the career ladder goes first.WagesWho still has bargaining power when the alternative costs a fraction?Purchasing powerAgents don’t go shopping.TaxesMachines don’t pay payroll taxes.PensionsOur pensions assume future generations will work.OwnershipIf AI does the work, who gets the money?
Act IV · speculative
What happens when machines become economic participants, not just economic tools?
Agents can already receive money and pay for their own compute. What if one day they pay their own way?