Silicon Valley's A.I. Builders Fear Mass Job Automation Will Create a Permanent Underclass
By
Jasmine Sun
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Summary
The article discusses growing concern within Silicon Valley's A.I. industry that advanced artificial intelligence will soon automate many jobs, creating a permanent underclass of people who lose their economic leverage. The author, writing from San Francisco, observes that A.I. researchers, engineers, and venture capitalists—the very people building the technology—are increasingly worried about widespread job displacement and have no clear solutions for what comes next.
Key quotes
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While Silicon Valley has long warned about the risk of rogue A.I., it has recently woken up to a more mundane nightmare: one in which many ordinary people lose their economic leverage as their jobs are automated away.
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