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AI IS REPLACING YOU.

Free Resources · Updated Daily

The Displacement
Library.

Everything you need to understand AI displacement, evaluate your risk, and prepare for the next decade of work. Charts, research, videos, and a free 2026 trends report.

// Your 90-Day Journey · And every day after

Education first.
Protection always.

From Day 1, the Clankers Member Education Program is in your corner. Daily AI readiness emails, reskilling courses, and risk assessments — and after 90 days, full income protection activates. The program never stops: education continues for the entire life of your subscription.

Day 1
AI LANDSCAPE BRIEFING
Welcome + your industry risk assessment
Personalised analysis of how AI is transforming your specific role. Not hype — data tailored to your industry, seniority, and geography.
Day 2–14
DAILY AI READINESS EMAILS
Skill gap analysis + AI tools for your role
Learn which AI tools are entering your field. Master them before they master you. Every email written by editors who track displacement daily.
Day 15–30
RESKILLING ROADMAP
Personalised courses + adaptation strategies
Build capabilities that AI can't replace. Prompt engineering, AI collaboration, human-AI workflows. We curate the courses; you do the work.
Day 31–60
CAREER REPOSITIONING
CV rebuilding + market positioning
Reposition yourself as AI-ready. Portfolio building, interview coaching, networking strategies for the displacement era.
Day 61–90
CAREER ARMOUR
Final preparation + protection countdown
Advanced interview prep, salary negotiation, AI-era job search. Your 90 days are almost up — full income protection is about to activate.
Day 90+
⚡ FULL PROTECTION ACTIVATED
$2,000/month for up to 4 months
If AI takes your job, we pay. And the daily education program continues — new research, updated tool guides, fresh reskilling tracks, quarterly risk re-assessments. Displacement is a moving target. Your education moves with it, every day, for as long as you're a member.
$50/month. Daily education from Day 1. Full income protection from Day 90. Cancel anytime.
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The state of AI
displacement in 2026.

Six numbers that explain why AI displacement isn't a future problem. It's already happening — and it's accelerating.

300M
Jobs globally exposed to AI automation
Goldman Sachs, 2023
92M
Jobs forecast to be displaced by 2030
World Economic Forum, 2023
170M
New jobs forecast to be created by 2030
World Economic Forum, 2023
47%
Of US workers in occupations at high risk
Oxford Martin, 2013–2024
78,000
Tech jobs lost to automation in H1 2025
Layoffs.fyi tracker, 2025
$0
Government displacement-specific support programmes
OECD review, 2025
200K
Wall Street roles flagged for AI replacement (3-5 yrs)
Bloomberg Intelligence, 2024
2.3yrs
Median time from AI demo to commercial deployment
Stanford AI Index, 2025
// 300 million exposed

One of those jobs is yours.

Stats are useful. A plan is better. The Clankers Member Education Program prepares you for displacement, every day, for $50/month — with $2,000/month income protection after Day 90.

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Who's getting
replaced first.

Estimated share of tasks within each occupation that current generative AI can perform at human-equivalent quality. Higher percentage = higher displacement risk.

Customer Service
88%
Data Entry
85%
Content Moderation
82%
Telemarketing
79%
Bookkeeping
74%
Translation
71%
Legal Research
68%
Junior Software Eng.
62%
Marketing Copywriting
58%
Financial Analysis
54%
Graphic Design
48%
Project Management
32%
Skilled Trades
14%
Healthcare (Hands-on)
11%
// Synthesised from McKinsey Global Institute, OECD Future of Work, and Stanford AI Index estimates · 2024-2025

Three years that
changed everything.

From the launch of ChatGPT to the first wave of mass AI displacement, here are the moments that defined the new economic reality.

November 2022
ChatGPT launches publicly
OpenAI releases ChatGPT to the public. Reaches 1 million users in 5 days, 100 million users in 60 days — the fastest consumer technology adoption in history. Knowledge work productivity is rewritten overnight.
March 2023
Goldman Sachs publishes the 300M number
Goldman Sachs Research releases its landmark report estimating that generative AI could expose the equivalent of 300 million full-time jobs to automation globally. The headline becomes shorthand for the entire displacement debate.
May 2023
IBM pauses hiring for 7,800 replaceable roles
CEO Arvind Krishna tells Bloomberg the company will pause hiring for back-office roles it expects AI to replace within five years. The first major Fortune 500 to publicly name a number — and the first time "AI replacement" is said out loud at the C-suite level.
February 2024
Klarna replaces 700 customer service workers
Buy-now-pay-later company Klarna announces its OpenAI-powered chatbot is doing the work of 700 full-time agents, handling 2.3 million conversations in its first month with the same satisfaction scores as humans. The first concrete proof that AI agents work at scale.
May 2024
Hollywood writers strike — over AI
The WGA secures the first major labour contract in any industry that explicitly limits AI use in creative work. The strike makes "AI displacement" a mainstream political issue, not just a tech industry one.
October 2024
First "agentic" AI launches commercially
Anthropic and OpenAI release computer-use agents capable of completing multi-step tasks autonomously. White-collar work transitions from "AI assistance" to "AI replacement" in measurable ways for the first time.
2025
The Wall Street announcement
Bloomberg Intelligence reports major banks plan to cut up to 200,000 roles over 3-5 years, primarily in operations, compliance, and back-office. Citigroup, JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley all confirm the trajectory in earnings calls.
2026 — Today
The displacement decade begins
Layoffs.fyi tracks 78,000+ tech roles lost to automation in H1 2025 alone. AI agents handle complete legal research, financial reporting, and customer support workflows. No major government has launched a dedicated AI displacement income programme. Workers are on their own.
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2026 AI Displacement
Trends Report

The state of work in the age of automation. Synthesised from 40+ research sources, with charts, industry breakdowns, and the action plan workers need.

  • Industry-by-industry exposure analysis
  • Country-by-country government response review
  • The 90-day worker preparation framework (the same one used by Clankers members)
  • Skills that are surviving (and those that aren't)
  • Forecasts for 2027–2030
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Clankers Research
2026

AI
Displacement
Trends

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Skills surviving
the AI era.

Not all work is equally exposed. Here's how to think about which skills are durable and which ones AI will eat first.

High Exposure

What AI eats first

  • Pattern recognition at scaleReviewing thousands of contracts, transcripts, or images for predictable patterns.
  • Structured writingMarketing copy, status reports, summaries, FAQs, basic documentation.
  • First-line customer supportAnswering common questions from a known set of issues.
  • Routine data analysisPulling numbers from spreadsheets, building basic dashboards, monthly reporting.
  • Translation and transcriptionConverting language A to language B, audio to text, formal to casual.
  • Junior code generationBoilerplate code, simple CRUD apps, standard test suites.
  • Image and asset creationStock photography, basic illustration, social media graphics.

Low Exposure

What survives

  • Skilled physical workPlumbing, electrical, carpentry, surgery, dental work, complex machine repair.
  • High-stakes judgmentDecisions where the cost of being wrong outweighs the cost of being slow.
  • Genuine human connectionTherapy, eldercare, teaching young children, conflict mediation.
  • Novel research and discoveryAsking questions that haven't been asked before. Setting research agendas.
  • Cross-domain synthesisConnecting expertise from unrelated fields to solve new problems.
  • Leadership and accountabilityOwning outcomes, building teams, navigating organisational politics.
  • Trust-based negotiationSales of complex products, M&A, diplomacy, fundraising.
// Knowing isn't enough

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Reading about which skills survive is the easy part. The Clankers program builds the actual plan — daily emails, curated courses, quarterly risk re-checks — every day you're a member, not just for 90 days.

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The research
worth your time.

A curated list of the most important AI displacement research published since 2023. All free to read at the source.

Members get the weekly research digest · $50/mo
Goldman Sachs Research

Generative AI Could Raise Global GDP by 7%

The original "300 million jobs" report. Models the economic impact of generative AI across global labour markets and industries. The single most-cited piece of research on AI displacement.

2023 · Read at goldmansachs.com
McKinsey Global Institute

The Economic Potential of Generative AI

McKinsey's deep dive into which work activities can be automated by current AI. Includes the most rigorous occupation-by-occupation breakdown publicly available.

2023 · Read at mckinsey.com
World Economic Forum

The Future of Jobs Report 2023

The WEF's flagship survey of employers worldwide. Forecasts 92 million roles displaced and 170 million created by 2030. The clearest picture of net change rather than just losses.

2023 · Read at weforum.org
Stanford HAI

AI Index Report

Stanford's annual benchmark of AI capability, deployment, investment, and labour market impact. Updated yearly. The single best source for tracking how fast capabilities are improving.

Annual · Read at hai.stanford.edu
OECD

The Future of Work

The OECD's ongoing research programme on labour market disruption from automation. Strongest analysis of policy responses (and their absence) across member countries.

Ongoing · Read at oecd.org
Layoffs.fyi

Tech Layoff Tracker

The community-maintained database of every tech layoff since 2020. Real-time, with company names, dates, and counts. Where the abstract numbers become concrete names and faces.

Live data · Read at layoffs.fyi
Brookings Institution

Automation and AI: How Machines Affect People and Places

Brookings' geographic analysis of which US regions and demographics are most exposed to automation. The report that maps displacement to specific cities and counties.

Updated 2024 · Read at brookings.edu
International Monetary Fund

Gen-AI: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work

The IMF's analysis of which countries and which workers face the greatest exposure. Crucially: advanced economies are far more exposed than developing ones, because their job mix is more cognitive.

2024 · Read at imf.org

Videos worth
15 minutes of your day.

The most important explainers and talks on AI and the future of work. Some are years old. None have aged.

Free courses to
future-proof your career.

No paywalls. No certificates required to learn. Every course on this list is free to audit and worth your time.

Members get a curated learning path · $50/mo
Google

Google Career Certificates

Six career-track programmes in data analytics, IT support, project management, UX, digital marketing, and cybersecurity. Free to audit on Coursera.

3-6 monthsFree to audit
DeepLearning.AI

AI For Everyone

Andrew Ng's no-code introduction to what AI is and how it works. The single best entry point for non-technical workers who need to understand the wave coming for them.

6 hoursFree to audit
freeCodeCamp

Full-Stack Developer Path

3,000 hours of free curriculum covering web development, data analysis, machine learning, and more. Project-based, no signup required to start.

Self-paced100% free
University of Helsinki

Elements of AI

Finland's national AI literacy programme. Built to teach 1% of the EU population the fundamentals. No technical background required.

30 hours100% free
Microsoft Learn

AI Fundamentals & Copilot

Microsoft's free training catalogue covers AI fundamentals, prompt engineering, and how to use Copilot effectively. Industry-recognised certifications optional.

Self-pacedFree
Khan Academy

Computer Science & Programming

Khan Academy's complete computer science curriculum. From "what is a variable" to advanced algorithms. Excellent for adults who never learned to code.

Self-paced100% free
Coursera · UCSD

Learning How to Learn

The most popular MOOC in history. Teaches the meta-skill of learning new skills fast — the single most important capability in a displacement era.

15 hoursFree to audit
Harvard · edX

CS50: Intro to Computer Science

Harvard's legendary intro course. Taught by David Malan. Universally considered the best computer science introduction available anywhere, free or paid.

11 weeksFree to audit
LinkedIn Learning

Career Skills Library

Free for the first month, often free through public libraries. Strong on professional and business skills that are harder to find on academic platforms.

VariousLibrary access

Your 90-day
preparation framework.

The first 90 days of the Clankers Member Education Program — a structured framework to assess your AI displacement risk, build durable skills, and secure your income. Every Clankers subscriber works through this from day one. The first 90 days are summarised below for everyone, free.

Days 1 — 30

Assess

Understand where you stand
  • Take the Clankers quiz. Get your displacement risk score.
  • Audit your current role: which 5 tasks consume the most time?
  • For each task, ask: can ChatGPT do this in under 10 minutes?
  • Read the Goldman Sachs and McKinsey reports. Find your industry.
  • Build a 3-line summary of your AI exposure. Show it to one friend.
Days 31 — 60

Learn

Build durable skills
  • Pick one course from the free courses list above. Start it.
  • Spend 30 min/day learning to use AI tools in your current role.
  • Document what you learn. Publish one short post per week.
  • Connect with 5 people in your network doing AI-resistant work.
  • Identify your "AI moat": what can you do that AI cannot?
Days 61 — 90

Protect

Build the safety net
  • Build an emergency fund equal to 3 months of expenses.
  • Start a side income. Even $200/month proves the model works.
  • Get AI displacement income protection in place — Clankers or other.
  • Update your CV with AI fluency claims you can demonstrate.
  • Map your fallback plan: what's your move if you lose your job in 6 months?
● Day 91 and beyond

The program doesn't stop on day 90.

The 90-day framework is the onboarding phase of the Clankers Member Education Program. After day 90, members continue receiving daily AI readiness emails for the entire duration of their subscription — covering new research, updated tool guides, industry-specific reskilling tracks, and quarterly risk re-assessments. Displacement is a moving target. Your education needs to move with it.

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What governments
are (not) doing.

A snapshot of how major governments have responded to AI displacement. The summary: regulation, yes. Worker protection, almost nowhere.

United States
No federal programme

Existing unemployment insurance applies, but no displacement-specific support exists. State-level pilot programmes in WA and CA. Federal AI Bill of Rights is non-binding.

European Union
EU AI Act (2024)

Strongest AI regulation in the world — but it regulates AI, not its labour effects. No EU-level worker compensation scheme for displacement.

United Kingdom
Pro-innovation review

Government opted for a light-touch regulatory approach. Department for Work and Pensions monitoring AI impact on benefits caseload but no programme yet.

China
Strategic silence

State investment in AI development is enormous. Public discussion of displacement effects is limited. No publicly known retraining or income programme tied to AI specifically.

South Korea
"Robot tax" debate

One of the few countries with an active legislative debate on taxing AI/robotics to fund displacement relief. No law passed yet, but the most advanced policy conversation in Asia.

Switzerland
Universal basic income — rejected

Swiss voters rejected UBI in a 2016 referendum, 77% to 23%. The conversation has restarted in 2024-2025 but no formal proposal is on the table.

Canada
Existing EI only

Federal employment insurance covers job loss, but no AI-specific programme. Quebec has piloted basic income trials. No national framework.

Australia
Reskilling vouchers

Federal "skills passport" and reskilling voucher programmes exist but are not displacement-specific. Means-tested unemployment support covers displaced workers in principle, in practice slowly.

Singapore
SkillsFuture credits

Each citizen aged 25+ receives reskilling credits ($500-$4000 depending on age). The most advanced reskilling programme on the list — but still education, not income replacement.

Education is step one.
Protection is step two.

You can't out-learn the entire automation wave. You can prepare for it — and you can buy yourself a runway when it hits. Clankers subscribers get income protection plus the daily Member Education Program for $50/month.