Nobody has lived through a technological change that in theory at least promises to take all of our jobs, change our existence as the apex species on the planet and potentially kill us. I’m not an expert on AI, and I’m far from an expert on labour markets. But I am often reminded of the economist Alain Enthoven, who remarked to an Air Force general challenging his analysis of nuclear war that “General, I’ve fought just as many nuclear wars as you have.”
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