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Rethinking the Luddites in the Age of A.I.

Kyle Chayka The New Yorker
Brian Merchant’s new book, “Blood in the Machine,” argues that Luddism stood not against technology per se but for the rights of workers in the face of automation.

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Workers and Climate

Various Various
Workers are suffering the impacts of climate change in myriad ways. Who is at increased risk, and what can be done to reduce suffering?

AI, Job Loss, and Productivity Growth

Dean Baker CEPR
The moral of the story is that there is nothing about AI technology that should lead to mass unemployment and inequality. If those are outcomes, it will be the result of how we structured the rules, not the technology itself.
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