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Peer-reviewed paper backs claim that AI-driven job loss could trigger economic collapse

By

Will Lockett

1d ago· 2 min readenOpinion

Summary

The article discusses a popular internet meme suggesting that the AI revolution is self-defeating: if AI eliminates all jobs, nobody can buy anything, causing economic collapse. The author claims this notion now has backing from a peer-reviewed paper, framing the AI push by big tech as a "slow-motion car crash" and an own-goal for oligarchic tech companies.

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There has been this meme floating around the internet for a while about how stupid the 'AI revolution' is.
If no one has a job, then no one can buy anything, and the economy collapses.
This idea that AI is actually a fatal own-goal for oligarchic big tech has become so common that many have been treating it as true.
But we now have evidence to back this notion up.
A slow-motion car crash.
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Our AI Fears Have Been Confirmed A slow-motion car crash. There has been this meme floating around the internet for a while about how stupid the ‘AI revolution’ is. All these tech bros have been …

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