AI and the Future of Work Through the Lens of 10,000 Years of Job Evolution
_jaydeepkarale · x · 2026-08-10
Referencing recent remarks by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on the future of software engineers, the author shares an article titled 'A Brief History of Jobs,' offering a grounded perspective amidst widespread fears of job losses.
The article traces the evolution of human work from basic survival roles to the first economic transformation brought by agriculture. It argues that every technological invention has pushed humans one level up the 'abstraction ladder.' The author suggests that the AI era will follow suit, elevating the nature of human work to a new level of abstraction rather than simply causing replacement.
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