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Mass unemployment induced by AI would be unprecedented
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A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist

Why technology firms are shedding workers

Bosses, investors, policymakers—all are fearful of a jobs-pocalypse

How we chose this week’s images

And what should companies do in response?

The technology will expand their scope and raise their value