Reviewers push back on Kevin Roose's AI book: 'white collar jobs are disappearing' claim called empirically untrue
Afinetheorem · x · 2026-10-17
Afinetheorem says he's enjoying Kevin Roose's new AI book for its wild interview stories, but flags problems in the first three pages: the claim that white-collar jobs are disappearing is empirically untrue, and ketamine-filled party anecdotes feel culturally out of place — a critical take reflecting AI-circle skepticism of mainstream media AI narratives.
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