A viral reply says automation frees workers instead of “taking jobs”
georgemillo · x · 2026-07-25
The post pushes back on the “AI took a job” framing and says the better lens is that automation frees people for other work.
- It compares the debate to agriculture: instead of lamenting that tractors “took jobs,” we recognize that they changed what people could do.
- The core claim is that job displacement narratives often miss the productivity gains and role changes that follow automation.
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