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But there's a displacement that worries Vance:
Tech companies say they're desperate for workers.
They use overseas visa programs because they "can't find workers."
Yet college-educated STEM employment is declining.
Companies lay off 9,000 workers then apply for foreign visas.
Vance is optimistic about automation.
His reasoning: "If robots were taking all our jobs, you'd see labor productivity skyrocketing. But you see it flatlining."
America is actually underindexed in technology.
We need more automation, not less.
The China comparison reveals everything:
When developing countries talk to America, we show up with moral lectures.
When they talk to China, China shows up with a bag of money.
But that money comes with debt servitude and neo-colonial control.
But here's the China problem:
China is America's biggest economic competitor.
Their tech industry is the only one "knocking on the door" of American AI leadership.
Vance's take: "Our edge is not something we can rest on our laurels."
Vance predicts AI will revolutionize agriculture:
"A new food revolution where we can grow a lot more food on a lot less land."
The story of American growth has always been technology and productivity.
Not importing cheap labor.
The new USA approach is different:
Yes, there are consumer protection issues.
Yes, there are data privacy concerns.
But we're also going to embrace innovation and make sure USA stays at the leading edge of the AI boom.
When that happens, it creates jobs and productivity.
Bottom line: It's about trade-offs.
Power vs Control.
Start with power (agents) for creative tasks.
Add control (workflows) where things go off the rails.
Use agents for conversation and decision-making.
Use workflows for reliable, traceable processes.
Another pattern: Dynamic Tool Injection.
Agents start failing when you give them 20+ tools.
But what if you used workflows to decide which tools to give each agent?
Context-aware tool selection based on the current task.