Robots in 2029: Pick-and-Place Yes, Roofing No

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.

For most business tasks, AI models are already 'smart enough.' The real blocker is governance: approval workflows, audit trails, compliance mapping. Here's the infrastructure that's actually missing.

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.