From AGI to the post-work era: How will we navigate this most dangerous decade?

“From AGI to the post-work era: How will we navigate this most dangerous decade?”

# From AGI to the post-work era: How will we navigate this most dangerous decade ## Key events In 2025, the global AI industry reached $1.4 trillion in size, and it is expected to exceed $1.6 trillion in 2026. This figure marks the official entry of the AI industry into the “boom” phase, as the penetration of AI is surpassing human understanding of it. ## Technical details - **The critical point for AGI (General Artificial Intelligence)**: In 2025, the global AI industry reached $1.4 trillion in size, and it is expected to exceed $1.6 trillion in 2026. - **Rate of AI penetration**: AI is penetrating society at a rate exceeding human cognition, spreading from economic fields to politics, culture, education, healthcare, and other areas. - **The “survival of the fittest” effect of AI**: AI is eliminating the vast majority of intermediate layers—those who neither fully understand AI technology nor can fully adapt to AI work. ## Background The explosive growth of the AI industry in 2025 is not accidental. Over the past decade, AI…