The most uncomfortable AI outcome: still employed, but with no bargaining power
VraserX · x · 2026-08-20
The author offers a counterintuitive take: the most uncomfortable AI outcome isn't mass unemployment, but millions of people still employed with far less bargaining power — because their employer knows AI can cover most of the gap. Losing leverage while keeping the job may be more common, and more corrosive, than layoffs.
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