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Unlike past automation, AI threatens to eliminate the mental work that allowed displaced workers to transition to new jobs, potentially closing the economic escape route that has historically cushioned technological disruption.

Unlike past automation, AI threatens to eliminate the mental work that allowed displaced workers to transition to new jobs, potentially closing the economic escape route that has historically cushioned technological disruption.

AI systems can be copied at near-zero cost, deployed instantly, and improved faster than workers can retrain, making them fundamentally different from previous automation technologies

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