With humans scrambling to secure well-paid work and financial breathing room, the cost of employing people and AI is closing down job vacancies — everywhere.
“This is not going to reverse; it is going to accelerate,” warns Jonathan Glazier, a UK-based TV and media production expert who has been freelancing for 30 years.
“Employees are taxed; robots are not! Ask any economist what the consequence is,” chips in Peter Dawe, serial property development and renewables entrepreneur and author.
Also known as “The Cursed Prophet” on LinkedIn and “Founding Father of the UK’s first commercial internet service (PIPEX),” Dawe, like Glazier, raises a point that is both poignant and obvious, yet carelessly dismissed by employers and Treasuries alike in a perpetual “mañana” mindset.
Large corporations will make huge profits from AI. They need to be taxed and that tax needs distributing to the unemployed.
And this mechanism needs to be in place on Nov 27th.
–Jonathan Glazier, a UK-based freelance TV and media production expert
What happens to the jobs once all the AI Agents are built?
Portfolio freelancers are increasingly building AI agents for large and mid-market companies around the world. These uniquely talented workers and their projects are in high demand and command premium rates, says Héctor Mata, CEO of Shakers, a word-of-mouth freelance platform specialising in high-value projects.
As previously reported by The Freelance Informer, 10,000 organisations adopted Microsoft’s Agent Service in just four months to build and deploy agentic systems, with more than 230,000 organisations, including 90% of the Fortune 500, already using Microsoft Copilot Studio.
An AI consultant on Fiverr, for example, reported that nearly 30% of his orders are for AI agent development, with demand shifting from simple chatbots to multi-agent systems working across web, WhatsApp, and voice channels.
While good news for some, governments are ignoring the warning signs like a child who’s discovered an unattended bag of Halloween sweets, devouring them for immediate gratification, heedless of the bellyache and tooth decay to come.
“The income tax revenues will fall,” says Glazier, “and the support bill will increase beyond the ability for any government to fund the shortfall.”
He believes governments need to act now. “Large corporations will make huge profits from AI. They need to be taxed and that tax needs distributing to the unemployed. And this mechanism needs to be in place on Nov 27th,” he says.
This is a serious topic that calls for serious thought. Freelancers could have the solutions.
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Source: Peter Dawe: “Employees are taxed, robots are not! Ask any economist what the consequence
