AOC Warns AI Industry Threatens Mass Job Displacement in Ithaca Speech

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez escalated warnings about artificial intelligence's threat to worker livelihoods on September 27, telling an Ithaca, New York audience that tech elites are actively planning to "wipe out all of our livelihoods" through unregulated AI development. Speaking at a "Students vs. Billionaires" town hall with over 2,000 attendees, the New York representative framed AI expansion as part of a broader wealth-concentration strategy by billionaire executives seeking to capture AI gains while destroying traditional employment paths.