AI and the End of Stable Jobs in Spain
AI is being used as an excuse for mass layoffs in tech companies, while immigration and automation threaten stable employment in Spain.
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AI and stable employment: the end of work or an excuse to fire?
Artificial intelligence is not going to destroy stable employment: it is already doing so. But not for the reasons the tech gurus sell. An analysis of the mass layoffs at tech companies, described as "adult daycare centers", suggests that AI is more of an alibi than a cause. Meanwhile, the debates over immigration and automation intersect: "if we had closed the borders in 95, we would now be lean and ready for AI", one camp argues. The reality is that Spain, with 25 million potential workers and millions of newly arrived immigrants, faces a perfect storm: robots replacing jobs and a labor force growing unchecked.
AI as an excuse for workforce cuts
The layoffs at the big tech companies are not the result of AI, but of a hiring bubble that is now deflating. An analyst compares these companies to "adult daycare centers": high pay, little responsibility. AI is the perfect excuse to trim payrolls without it looking like a cyclical cut. This view holds that the real danger is not automation, but planned precarization.
The demographic and robotic storm
Another camp goes further: the combination of mass immigration and automation will destroy any vestige of stable employment. The argument is that if Spain had kept a population of 25 million, the transition to a robotized economy would be orderly. Instead, with 47 million and a structural unemployment rate, AI only accelerates the race to the bottom. The queues at Barajas airport with Andean and Caribbean workers filling jobs "Spaniards don't want" are the proof: as long as there is cheap labor, AI will be used to replace the one who asks for conditions, not the immigrant.
What about the legal profession?
AI already threatens the liberal professions. In law, a system could replace lawyers, prosecutors and judges, reaching the same conclusion in seconds. The question is who will decide the criteria: an algorithm programmed by the state or by a corporation. The film "Sin Piedad" (2026) explores that scenario. It is not science fiction: it is the roadmap.
The future of stable employment depends not only on technology, but on how the transition is managed. The question nobody has quite solved is this: how many jobs will AI really destroy, and how many will it create? The figures the optimists cite are as flimsy as those of the doom-mongers. The only certainty is that job stability as we knew it will not return.
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Artificial intelligence is not going to destroy stable employment: it is already doing so. But not for the reasons the tech gurus sell. An analysis of the mass layoffs at tech companies, described as "adult daycare centers", suggests that AI is more of an alibi than a cause. Meanwhile, the debates over immigration and automation intersect: "if we had closed the borders in 95, we would now be lean and ready for AI", one camp argues. The reality is that Spain, with 25 million potential workers and millions of newly arrived immigrants, faces a perfect storm: robots replacing jobs and a labor force growing unchecked.
AI as an excuse for workforce cuts
The layoffs at the big tech companies are not the result of AI, but of a hiring bubble that is now deflating. An analyst compares these companies to "adult daycare centers": high pay, little responsibility. AI is the perfect excuse to trim payrolls without it looking like a cyclical cut. This view holds that the real danger is not automation, but planned precarization.
The demographic and robotic storm
Another camp goes further: the combination of mass immigration and automation will destroy any vestige of stable employment. The argument is that if Spain had kept a population of 25 million, the transition to a robotized economy would be orderly. Instead, with 47 million and a structural unemployment rate, AI only accelerates the race to the bottom. The queues at Barajas airport with Andean and Caribbean workers filling jobs "Spaniards don't want" are the proof: as long as there is cheap labor, AI will be used to replace the one who asks for conditions, not the immigrant.
What about the legal profession?
AI already threatens the liberal professions. In law, a system could replace lawyers, prosecutors and judges, reaching the same conclusion in seconds. The question is who will decide the criteria: an algorithm programmed by the state or by a corporation. The film "Sin Piedad" (2026) explores that scenario. It is not science fiction: it is the roadmap.
The future of stable employment depends not only on technology, but on how the transition is managed. The question nobody has quite solved is this: how many jobs will AI really destroy, and how many will it create? The figures the optimists cite are as flimsy as those of the doom-mongers. The only certainty is that job stability as we knew it will not return.
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