Kiyosaki Says AI Could Weaken the Promise of Secure, High-Paying Work

Robert Kiyosaki, author of “Rich Dad Poor Dad,” argued that artificial intelligence could weaken the promise that education leads to secure, high-paying work, while U.S. labor figures do not isolate AI’s employment effects.

He framed the shift as part of a potentially historic economic reset and challenged the idea that good grades and formal schooling reliably lead to well-paid jobs. The argument fits Kiyosaki’s broader financial-education message, which questions reliance on salaried work and education for financial security.

Jack Weis, who earned a chemical engineering Ph.D. from Princeton in 2024, had submitted more than 2,300 job applications without finding work. His search spanned corporate science roles, national laboratory fellowships, software engineering and food preparation.

Weis also took temporary work training AI on engineering and fluid mechanics, but that assignment later dried up. His case describes one highly educated job seeker’s prolonged search; it does not show that AI caused employers to reject his applications or explain why the temporary work ended.

September U.S. labor figures released Oct. 2 put unemployment at 4.2%, with 7.109 million people unemployed. Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 29,000.

Among people 25 and older with a bachelor’s degree or higher, unemployment was 2.5%. That rate covers all workers in the group, not recent graduates alone. The figures do not distinguish job seekers by their exposure to AI or measure how many jobs the technology has displaced.

The national statistics and Weis’s experience describe different parts of the employment picture. Neither establishes AI as the cause of hiring outcomes, and the degree-holder unemployment rate cannot be read as a measure for recent graduates.

Kiyosaki’s warning reflects his longstanding challenge to traditional career advice: a degree and salaried position are not assured routes to financial security. He has also compared Bitcoin (BTC), gold and silver with insurance against economic risk.