The Transition Moonshot
A plan from the ground floor
Just let us keep our jobs.
AI is going to work. The question is who gets carried across the gap, and who gets told it's going to be a little rough.
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We've seen this before.
Every big technology worked. The railroads, the internet, and now AI. The money moves in the same order every time: early money gets in cheap, late money buys the top, and the people in the middle pay.
Britain, 1780 to 1840. Output per worker rose 46%. Real wages rose 12%. The gap lasted about 50 years.
Stock sold by one fiber company's founder in the 4 years before it went bankrupt in 2002. He put in about $20 million.
New York layoff notices that checked the new "AI" box in its first year. On the press release, AI did it. On the form, nobody did.
The idea: a lease that goes with the job.
When an apartment building sells, the tenants with a lease don't get thrown out the next morning. The lease goes with the building.
The Transition Moonshot asks for the same thing at work. When a company brings in AI to do a job, the person in that job comes with the deal for a while. Paid, through the transition, until they land somewhere new.
Nobody on the ground floor is asking for a handout. We're asking for the lease.
The Seat Guarantee
Replace a role with AI, and the person in it stays paid through a set transition, with first shot at new roles.
The Productivity Dividend
A small share of each AI seat's savings goes into an account that follows the worker, not the employer.
The Builder Path
Displaced workers get the same AI tools the big companies use, so they can build their own business.
The Ground Floor Prize
A public prize for whoever moves the most displaced workers into equal or better income within 24 months.
The company can afford it.
Assume AI is only as good at a job as a person. Not better. Just as good.
Hours a full-time person actually works in a year, after holidays, vacation and sick days.
Hours an AI seat can run: 3 shifts, 365 days.
The difference. That surplus can carry the old worker across and still leave the company ahead.
Illustrative math. Real-world uptime and supervision lower the ratio. See the full plan and the hardest objections.
Take the Ground Floor Pledge.
For people
I support a plan to carry working people across the AI gap.
For businesses
When AI takes a role in my company, I'll keep that person whole through the transition.
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Run in a glass house.
Too many causes have enriched the people running them. This one is built to be checked.
- Connor takes no salary from the Moonshot, ever.
- No donations are accepted until the project sits under an established nonprofit sponsor.
- Every dollar in and out will be public, every month.
- The Moonshot never sells any of Connor's business products or services.
Questions
Are you against AI?
No. I build businesses with AI every day. AI is a hammer. A hammer works for whoever is holding it. This is about who holds it, and who gets hit.
Is this a nonprofit? Can I donate?
Not yet, and no. We take no money today. Before any money is accepted, the Moonshot will sit under an established nonprofit sponsor, and every dollar will be public.
Is this political?
No. The ground floor votes both ways. This works with anyone who wants to carry people across the gap.
What happens with my email?
It stays with us. Updates only if you opted in, unsubscribe anytime, never sold or shared.
Where can I watch the show?
View from the Ground Floor airs on Connor with Honor's channels. Every episode builds one more piece of this plan, in public.