Why AI threatening degree-holding jobs suddenly makes progress negotiable
VraserX · x · 2026-10-12
The author highlights a double standard: nobody demanded we preserve switchboard operators or human calculators when technology made them obsolete, yet now that AI threatens people with university degrees and impressive job titles, technological progress suddenly needs to be negotiated.
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