Getting a bit tired of seeing headlines claiming that “AI is taking all our jobs,” usually with little context and even less understanding of what’s actually happening. Most of the time, there’s no real distinction between narrow AI, AGI, and ASI, even though those differences matter a lot.

Right now, we’re already struggling to properly run today’s AI and early AGI-style tools. Infrastructure, costs, data availability, and human oversight are still major bottlenecks. Even automating fairly routine or semi-versatile tasks often requires far more human involvement than people expect.

At the same time, startups and big tech keep making big promises. Everyone wants to be ahead of the curve. Hype brings attention, users, and funding. Actual delivery is a different story.

If you look deeper, a lot of the big release last year are nowhere to be seen because the reality is that the gap between theory and practice is still massive. A good example is the NEO humanoid robot. MKBHD pointed out something that really stuck with me: product timelines keep slipping because the underlying technology simply isn’t ready. Some demos that looked autonomous were actually human-operated behind the scenes. That kind of hype doesn’t speed things up. It delays honest conversations about what’s real and what isn’t.

Meanwhile, media coverage keeps amplifying fear. Many people expect mass unemployment from AI, while a lot of experts are more concerned about misinformation, misuse, and power concentration than immediate job loss. Sensational stories ignore how slow and messy real-world deployments actually are. Software and robots don’t jump from demo to reliable tools overnight.

We are entering a new economic cycle. Work will evolve, and disruption will happen. That’s not new. We’ve lived through the industrial revolution, the service economy, and the information age. Each time, work changed and society adapted.

AGI reshapes how we work.

ASI would reshape the system itself.

Until ASI is genuinely here, treating every AI headline as a job apocalypse feels premature. When that moment comes, we can reassess. For now, a little more nuance and a lot less panic would go a long way.