Kristalina Georgieva, the Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has raised alarms regarding the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on employment. In a recent Bloomberg podcast, she urged global leaders to heed public concerns about AI's potential to displace jobs, drawing parallels to the backlash against globalization in the 1990s. Georgieva emphasized the importance of addressing the negative effects of AI, particularly on vulnerable workers, as companies increasingly invest in AI at the expense of human labor. She warned that while AI could create new opportunities, many sectors, especially those employing younger and middle-class workers, could face significant challenges. Her earlier comments at the World Government Summit in Dubai highlighted the disruptive nature of AI, which she compared to a tsunami affecting labor markets. Georgieva's call to action reflects a growing urgency among policymakers to manage the risks associated with AI, ensuring that the benefits are widely shared and that the lessons from the past are not forgotten.