AI's slow grind across industries may fail to trigger labor-market policy response
moultano · x · 2026-09-26
Google researcher moultano argues AI's gradual pacing may be good for safety but bad for society: an acute, sudden labor-market crisis would more likely prompt large-scale policy support, while the current slow, industry-by-industry grind risks eliciting no meaningful response at all.
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