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After the Paycheck: The Book I Wrote Because Nobody Else Would Tell the Truth About AI and Your Income

After the Paycheck: The Book I Wrote Because Nobody Else Would Tell the Truth About AI and Your Income

Author Thorsten Meyer releases ‘After the Paycheck,’ analyzing AI’s effect on jobs, ownership, and the economy, emphasizing ownership as the key to future stability.
After the Paycheck: The Book I Wrote Because Nobody Else Would Tell the Truth About AI and Your Income

After the Paycheck: The Book I Wrote Because Nobody Else Would Tell the Truth About AI and Your Income

Author Thorsten Meyer releases ‘After the Paycheck,’ examining how AI changes work, ownership, and economic security, challenging both doom and utopian narratives.
The labor share. Is value really moving from labor to capital? The data isn’t on anyone’s side yet.

The labor share. Is value really moving from labor to capital? The data isn’t on anyone’s side yet.

Recent data shows a stable aggregate labor share over 70 years, but early signals suggest shifts at the margins due to AI. The debate remains unresolved.
The policy menu. There’s no single answer. There’s a menu — and choosing is a values choice in disguise.

The policy menu. There’s no single answer. There’s a menu — and choosing is a values choice in disguise.

An analysis of the diverse policy options addressing AI-driven economic changes, emphasizing values over technical solutions and highlighting ongoing uncertainties.
The stake. Why the answer to automation is broad-based ownership, not a bigger transfer.

The stake. Why the answer to automation is broad-based ownership, not a bigger transfer.

Thorsten Meyer argues that expanding capital ownership, not redistribution, is the market-friendly solution to AI-driven value shifts from labor to capital.
The referral. How AI search severs the content-for-traffic contract that funded the open web.

The referral. How AI search severs the content-for-traffic contract that funded the open web.

AI search now answers queries directly, ending the traditional referral traffic model that funded publishers, with significant implications for digital media.
The clause. How a contractual definition of AGI met the capital built on top of it.

The clause. How a contractual definition of AGI met the capital built on top of it.

An analysis of how a contractual definition of AGI in the Microsoft–OpenAI agreement was ultimately replaced by a verification process amid capital pressures.
The citation. Why generative engine optimization rewards the same brand on the least stable ground.

The citation. Why generative engine optimization rewards the same brand on the least stable ground.

Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) is shaping how brands are cited in AI answers, favoring established entities and deepening content concentration.
The Ghost Story Became a Forecast.

The Ghost Story Became a Forecast.

Thorsten Meyer reports on Jack Clark’s recent essay revealing a bivalent forecast for AI development, with 60% probability by 2028 and 40% indicating fundamental paradigm limits.