“Yes. AI will increase demand for knowledge workers, not decrease it. I would refer you to Aaron Levie's post called Jevons Paradox for Knowledge Workers — as the cost of a resource goes down, the aggregate demand for it actually increases. In the past it's been very expensive to generate code... I think it's going to increase massively now because the cost of generating code is coming down so much.”
White House AI & Crypto Czar; General Partner, Craft Ventures; co-host, All-In Podcast
Said Jan 9, 2026Deadline Dec 31, 2026All-In Podcast, "All-In's 2026 Predictions" episode, January 9, 2026 (Sacks' most contrarian belief for 2026)
Offered as Sacks' contrarian belief for 2026, directly opposing the entry-level white-collar displacement thesis (e.g. Amodei's "bloodbath" and Calacanis' own 2026 pick that young white-collar workers are the biggest losers); resolvable against 2026 US professional/knowledge-work employment data at year end.