Wharton and BU economists warn AI-driven automation could collapse consumer capitalism
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Summary
A peer-reviewed economics paper from Wharton and Boston University researchers warns that unchecked AI-driven automation could collapse consumer capitalism. The paper, "The AI Layoff Trap" by Brett Hemenway Falk and Gerry Tsoukalas, argues that competitive market incentives will push firms into an extreme automation race, eliminating jobs and consumer demand to the point of economic self-destruction.
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firms will automate their way to boundless productivity and zero demand
competitive market incentives will push firms into an automation race so extreme that they eventually eliminate the
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