The "Jobless Boom," AI Oversight, and Why Job-Hopping Stopped Paying

The U.S. economy is creating wealth… but not many jobs. At the same time, AI is spreading across the workplace, yet most employees still don't trust it to run without human oversight. In today's episode of Future Ready Today, I break down the signals behind the "jobless boom," what the Federal Reserve is warning leaders about, why the job-switching pay premium is collapsing, and the rise of AI agents that can literally hire humans to do real-world work. Stories covered: Only 17% trust workplace AI without human oversight The shrinking job-hopping premium and the loyalty tax The Fed's three AI labor-market scenarios (including a "jobless boom") Growth without jobs: investment, output, and the widening GDP–jobs gap AI agents hiring humans: the rise of the "Human API" economy