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AI is waging war on white-collar jobs. It won’t end well
The history of revolutions warns of the political dangers of an alienated educated elite in a future where ‘digital humans’ displace biological ones.
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By mechanising cognitive work, AI could be the first major technology to reverse a trend that favoured graduates
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Adrian Wooldridge
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In October 1996, at the last party conference before the election that would make him UK prime minister, Mr Tony Blair tried to define the essence of New Labour. He started off by contrasting his party with the dying Conservative government before summarising his three priorities for power.
They were, in order, “education, education and education”. The applause was thunderous – and, unlike the applause in recent Labour gatherings, genuine.
