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   'You shouldn't worry as much about AI taking your job as you should worry   
   about someone who's very good using AI taking your job': Cisco CEO says   
   effects of AI will cause "carnage" in the jobs market   
      
   Date:   
   Wed, 28 Jan 2026 16:10:00 +0000   
      
   Description:   
   Cisco CEO says "carnage" will hit future labor markets, IMF MD likens AI to a   
   "tsunami" that will change how we see work.   
      
   FULL STORY   
      
   Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins has warned that, although AI will create new   
   opportunities, it will also be responsible for "carnage along the way" with   
   many companies unlikely to survive any post-bubble shakeout.    
      
   Speaking with the BBC , Robbins argues AI will ultimately be "bigger than the   
   internet," indicating that there's more to come, much like how the Dotcom   
   bubble preceded the longer-term internet transformation.    
      
   But these aren't baseless projections  Cisco actually survived a similar   
   bubble around the 2000 peak, when its stock fell roughly 80% after surging   
   quickly. Robbins stressed that the same downfall could follow this initial AI   
   boom.   
      
   Cisco has already been through one bubble    
      
   Moving on to workforce implications, Robbins warned that come roles will be   
   eliminated entirely, and others reshaped. Customer service looks to be the   
   most at-risk area, with colleagues who are "very good using AI" more likely    
   to succeed.    
      
   "You shouldn't worry as much about AI taking your job as you should worry   
   about someone who's very good using AI taking your job," he summarized.    
      
   Robbins also noted that AI has allowed attacks to become more sophisticated   
   and less detectable, implying that cybersecurity teams might actually have   
   their work cut out, so won't be immediately affected by AI-induced job    
   losses.    
      
   However, despite concerns that AI could be displacing human workers, a new UK   
   Government report says it's still hard to categorically state that   
   redundancies are a result of AI-driven productivity. Still, UK job adverts   
   fell by 38% for high-AI-exposure occupations between 2022 and 2025 (via   
   McKinsey research).    
      
   Robbins isn't alone in sharing his concerns about AI's effects on the labor   
   market. Speaking at the recent WEF conference in Davos (via CNBC ),   
   International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warned AI   
   "is hitting the labor market like a tsunami, and most countries and most   
   businesses are not prepared for it."    
      
   Looking ahead, it's clear that workers must focus on upskilling to stand out   
   from their competitors in a shifting jobs market.    
      
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   Link to news story:   
   https://www.techradar.com/pro/you-shouldnt-worry-as-much-about-ai-taking-your-   
   job-as-you-should-worry-about-someone-whos-very-good-using-ai-taking-your-job-   
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