You can keep your job and still lose out

But here comes the uncomfortable nuance: keeping your job does not guarantee coming out ahead either. Right. You can stay employed, produce more for the same pay, and spend the day correcting the machine’s errors. Productivity can rise while your job gets worse. Or the opposite can happen: fewer repetitive tasks, more time to give someone proper attention. There is no single destiny written into the model. Decisions about staffing, training, wages, and evaluation all play a part. So I disagree with an overly optimistic reading of “AI frees us.” Who does it free? The worker from burdensome tasks, or the company from paying for certain hours? That is a fair objection. Time savings do not distribute themselves.

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