This is what “AI taking jobs” actually looks like in 2026.
Warehouses are already running without humans.
Not a concept video.
Not a pilot program.
A low orange robot glides down the aisle,slides under a full pallet,lifts it,and keeps moving.
In the background another machine is already stacking the next load.
No shouting.
No radio chatter.
No lunch breaks.
Just continuous motion.
While most people are still debating whether AI will affect their industry,
logistics already solved the problem and moved on.
The only question left is how many other industries are this far ahead
and simply not filming it.
The NIH runs on roughly $47,000,000,000 a year, and some of it pays Edward McSwegan to sit at home.
-> "How much do you get paid to do nothing?"
-> "$100,000 A YEAR"
He once managed a large portfolio of research at the National Institutes of Health. His workdays have been essentially empty since.
The detail that makes it worse: he wants to work. He says they will not let him.
Taxpayers cover the paycheck either way.
This is not a story about a lazy employee. It is a story about an organisation large enough that removing someone's function is easier than removing the someone.
Every institution past a certain size has people it is cheaper to pay than to process.