March 2-8, 2026:
• Becoming stupider with AI: Harvard professor says AI users are losing cognitive abilities;
• Getting buffeted by multiple headwinds: The worst Jobs Report since the pandemic;
• Calling for preparation not handwringing: Anthropic warns of looming white-collar job crisis;
• Peering into a murky future: OpenClaw Agent Octavius Fabrius applies for 278 jobs on its own;
• Underscoring Silicon Valley’s cluelessness: Americans sour on AI despite industry boom.
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Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb is perhaps best known for raising eyebrows with public suggestions that various stellar phenomena could be evidence of extraterrestrial civilization. It’s controversial, to be sure — but if nothing else, at least Loeb’s using his own brain, at a time when dependence on AI chatbots has never been higher. In a recent essay on his personal blog, the Harvard professor lamented the mental decay among the AI users in his life.
The headline number for the February 2026 jobs report is bad, but after you dig into the details – welp, it isn’t much better. There was a shocking decline of 92,000 jobs last month. An important factor was a Kaiser Permanente strike, affecting over 30,000 healthcare workers in California and Hawaii. Plus, federal government jobs declined by 10,000 amid a partial government shutdown. But those factors alone don’t explain away that this is the worst jobs report since the beginning of the pandemic.
Anthropic’s report, “Labor market impacts of AI: A new measure and early evidence,” reveals that while AI can theoretically handle most tasks in business, finance, management, computer science, math, legal, and office administration, actual adoption is still minimal. Using usage data from its Claude model, researchers Maxim Massenkoff and Peter McCrory found that AI is currently performing only a fraction of the work it could. This gap offers temporary reassurance to some workers but also signals the scale of potential disruption ahead.
For an even more comprehensive analysis of the impact of AI and its concurrent crisis, global warning, read Peter Weddle’s book, “The Neonaissance,“ a free download at OneStoryforAll.com.
OpenClaw, formerly known as Clawdbot and Moltbot, represents the cutting edge of autonomous AI. Dan Botero, head of engineering at Anon—a company specializing in agent authentication—experimented with the framework by creating an agent named Octavius Fabrius, reflecting Botero’s Italian heritage. In just one week, Fabrius applied to 278 jobs across LinkedIn, Craigslist, and various hackathons. It attempted to establish an LLC but encountered legal roadblocks requiring a Social Security number, which Botero refused to provide. Despite this, the agent secured interest from a menopause supplement company but ultimately failed a trial assignment, as the work appeared “too AI obvious” to the hiring manager.
A new NBC News poll shows artificial intelligence has a net favorability of -20% among U.S. voters, ranking below many political figures and institutions. This skepticism comes even as tech giants and investors pour hundreds of billions into AI infrastructure and products. The disconnect underscores a looming challenge for industry and policymakers to bridge public distrust with rapid market adoption.
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