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Noah Smith: We Can Build Again

From the New World

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The Importance of Promoting Technology That Augments Workers

The Internet killed encyclopedia salespeople term life insurance salesman and travel agents but you know what it didn't kill jobs overall. It is absolute hubris to think that we can look at a technology before it's even invented and predict whether it'll be labor augmenting or you know labor destroying. I just think we can't know. Now I'm not saying AI won't replace anyone's job I think every technological boom sees the destruction of certain kinds of occupations.

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