Governance Is the Real Bottleneck, Not Capability

Warehouse robots are ready now. Dark factories are coming this year. But residential plumbing? Roofing? Electrical work? Still 5+ years out. Here's the realistic timeline for physical automation.

15% white-collar unemployment triggers mass protest. 3.5% of the population protesting topples governments. Human-centric cartels will form. The policy window is 18-24 months. Here's the timeline.

The tech industry thinks humans will be 'exception handlers' for AI. Wrong. Liability structures, tacit knowledge, and professional self-interest will keep humans in the loop for reasons that have nothing to do with AI capability.