Lost jobs, inequality, rogue agents: why are we accepting oligarchs’ AI agenda? | Robert Reich
TL;DR
The dangers of AI become clearer every day. Why are we still acting as if we have no choice about our future? Rather than producing jobs, the US economy actually lost 23,000 jobs in July, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data released on Friday. In addition, May and June’s job numbers were revised downward, showing a combined 103,000 fewer jobs than previously reported.
Nauti's Take
Reich points at a fair question: productivity gains do not automatically reach workers, and that is a political choice rather than a law of nature. The limit of the argument sits in the numbers themselves, because a single month of 23,000 lost jobs proves no causal link to AI.
The opportunity belongs to people who build skills now instead of waiting for a political rescue.
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