When Capability Meets Consequence: How Business Risk, Not Technology, Dictates AI's Real Labor Market Impact
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Jonathan H. Westover, PhD
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innovativehumancapital.comWhen Capability Meets Consequence: How Business Risk, Not Technology, Dictates AI's Real Labor Market Impactinnovativehumancapital.comThe deployment of large language models has sparked anxieties about widespread technological unemployment, yet existing evaluations predominantly assess theoretical "exposure" to AI capabilities while ignoring critical adoption frictions. This article synthesizes recent empirical research demonstrating that occupational displacement is not instantaneous but incremental, constrained less by algorithmic limits than by liability, compliance, and physical safety considerations.
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