The next American boom could be here — unless Washington regulates it to death

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei predicts a white-collar "bloodbath." Senator Bernie Sanders warns AI could wipe out 100 million American jobs. Elon Musk says work may become optional. The message is everywhere: machines are coming for your paycheck. That panic is understandable. But wrong. Yes, AI will disrupt and eventually replace some tasks, just as electricity, the farm tractor, and the internet caused the displacement of mundane and, in some cases, miserable jobs like working in hot, sweaty fact