Yes. It removes political power. As a thought experiment, what happens when sanitation workers go on strike? What would happen if all trash collection was automated?
What happens when a group of people goes from the driver's of the economy to a cost center?
ARarnon7小时前
there was also a report i co-authored that talked about the tax implication, at least as of 2025 [1]
[1] https://get.paid.ai/hubfs/The%20$2.7%20Billion%20Agent%20Tax...
VEverdverm9小时前
We only need look at what the computer did to many (60%) non-college educated people who have difficultly finding meaningful work which can provide for a family.
Daron Acemoglu is talking about this and Building Pro-Worker AI. His 2024 Nobel Prize lecture is quite good (as are his fellow laureates that year)
https://www.nber.org/papers/w34854
JDjdprgm7小时前
how the hell does paywalled content possibly get upvoted more than downvoted. are there really that many economist.com subscribers here?
CAcadamsdotcom8小时前
Change hurts those who don't move with the change. Nothing has changed.
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Yes. It removes political power. As a thought experiment, what happens when sanitation workers go on strike? What would happen if all trash collection was automated? What happens when a group of people goes from the driver's of the economy to a cost center?
there was also a report i co-authored that talked about the tax implication, at least as of 2025 [1] [1] https://get.paid.ai/hubfs/The%20$2.7%20Billion%20Agent%20Tax...
We only need look at what the computer did to many (60%) non-college educated people who have difficultly finding meaningful work which can provide for a family. Daron Acemoglu is talking about this and Building Pro-Worker AI. His 2024 Nobel Prize lecture is quite good (as are his fellow laureates that year) https://www.nber.org/papers/w34854
how the hell does paywalled content possibly get upvoted more than downvoted. are there really that many economist.com subscribers here?
Change hurts those who don't move with the change. Nothing has changed.