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[FOR INTERNAL REVIEW] Sarah O'Connor - We Are Not Machines: The Fight for the Future of Work
The AI and work debate has been dominated by economists with exposure scores and tech CEOs with predictions. What's been missing is the ground-level view of how work is changing for the people actually living it now.
Topics covered:
Why the biggest effects of AI on work are showing up in quality, not quantity
Why job losses are happening first in the gig economy
Why some innovations are an augmentation for one worker and automation for another
Why worker voice matters more than any particular policy
Why the current labor market freeze is less about satisfaction than about fear
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