HEAVY COPE
Bloomberg serves up a masterclass in sophisticated reassurance, featuring Princeton professor Arvind Narayanan (co-author of 'AI Snake Oil') arguing that AI is 'normal technology' on par with electricity—just another gradual integration. The video uses reliability concerns, regulatory barriers, and augmentation narratives to argue AI won't mass-replace workers. Drew Mattis from MetLife contributes the centerpiece cope: 'the more questions I answer, the more valuable I become,' treating infinite question demand as an economic law. Software engineering job postings going up becomes proof the apocalypse isn't coming. The 'AI washing' framing—that companies are just using AI as an excuse to cut costs—cleverly weaponizes a partial truth against legitimate displacement concerns.