Ex-presidential candidate Andrew Yang warns that millions of white-collar workers will lose their jobs within 18 months: ‘The AI jobpocalypse is here’

The artificial intelligence boom has fueled grand promises: Cures for cancer, self-driving metropolises, and even interplanetary travel. It’s also powered a stock market surge that’s padded plenty of retirement accounts. But beneath the optimism, entrepreneur and former presidential candidate Andrew Yang says a far more immediate disruption is underway—and the U.S. is not ready for it.

“I believe that millions of white-collar workers are going to lose their jobs in the next 12 to 18...