AI is about to fire millions. But there is a way to stop it

Published June 24, 2026 10:00am ET



As artificial intelligence reaches human replacement-level capability, it is about to cut a swath of destruction through the American workforce, leaving millions of employees to deal with the mental, economic, and social consequences.

Along with a mentor at the University of Florida, Dr. Joseph Thornton, we published a paper last year outlining a clinical construct we titled Artificial Intelligence Replacement Dysfunction, or AIRD, detailing the negative mental health effects of AI job displacement.

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