Ignore AI and ask for that pay rise
Fear of a technological revolution may be suppressing wages.
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Fear of AI could still be having an effect, by causing workers to cling to the jobs they have rather than seek new ones.
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The Economist
Imagine unwinding after a long day at work by reading about the end of work. A post on Reddit tells you that “the entire point” of artificial intelligence is to “ensure you have zero ability to work for a living”.
You visit Blind, an anonymous confessional for anxious tech workers, where employees trade horror stories of two-year job hunts yielding nothing but automated rejections. The best thing you can do, you decide, is to future-proof yourself by mastering the new tools.