New Paper Reviews Empirical Evidence on Work and Wellbeing for AI Futures
scychan_brains · x · 2026-09-22
A new paper by scychanbrains and colleagues systematically reviews the empirical evidence on work and wellbeing, and what it implies for AI futures. It addresses the debate between 'work gives purpose and dignity' and 'freedom from work is utopic.' A highlighted finding, 'retiring from unemployment': the negative psychological effects of unemployment fade once people hit retirement age, suggesting job loss hurts partly via social norms rather than work itself. Directly relevant to how mass AI-driven job displacement might feel.
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