Opinion: AI will destroy jobs people love, and jobs people tolerate for rent
VraserX · x · 2026-08-17
One perspective suggests AI will likely destroy some jobs that people truly love. However, it will also eliminate an enormous number of jobs that people only tolerate because rent exists. The argument posits we should stop pretending these are equivalent tragedies.
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