AI, work and the future of employment

For two centuries, technological revolutions have promised both upheaval and renewal. The spinning jenny broke the guild system, tractors displaced farm laborers but fed millions more, and computers hollowed out clerical work while spawning entire industries. Each wave of innovation stirred anxiety about mass unemployment yet, each time, new sectors absorbed the displaced. Artificial intelligence, however, is different. Unlike the loom or the tractor, AI threatens not just manual labor but cognitive work: drafting contracts, diagnosing illnesses, even writing software.

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