Artificial intelligence is everywhere at Davos 2026 — but is it overheated hype, or the early stages of a structural economic shift? In this conversation from the Hub Culture Pavilion, Professor David Shrier, Professor of Practice in AI & Innovation at Imperial College, joins Edie Lush to tackle the hardest questions leaders are quietly asking: Is AI a bubble? What’s really happening to jobs? And why most companies are still using AI the wrong way. Drawing on market data, labor economics, and real-world forecasting experiments, De Cremer argues that AI is not behaving like past tech cycles — and that the real disruption is already showing up in “phantom jobs” that never get created. This discussion explores: • Why AI market dislocation doesn’t equal a bubble • How 29 million “missing jobs” signal structural change, not over-hiring • The difference between replacement, augmentation, and truly additive AI • Why human–AI symbiosis delivers exponential returns • What “intelligence capital” means — and why it’s becoming a CEO-level asset • How leaders must redesign organizations, not just deploy tools • What individuals can do now to build AI literacy without fear The message is blunt: AI doesn’t just automate work — it rewrites how value is created. Companies that treat intelligence as a compounding asset will pull ahead. Those running pilots without rethinking structure will fall behind. This is not speculation. It’s a leadership reckoning. #Davos #Davos2026 #HubCulture #ArtificialIntelligence #AILeadership #FutureOfWork #JobsAndAI #Innovation #IntelligenceCapital #CEOStrategy #GlobalEconomy #TechTrends #AITransformation