Working paper asks: slow AI investment to cut peak unemployment, or rely on safety net?
mioana · x · 2026-10-23
A new working paper (draft, comments welcome) examines the trade-off between the pace of AI investment and the resulting peak in unemployment: should society deliberately slow AI investment to smooth the unemployment spike, or rely on the social safety net alone? The author invites public discussion on the policy choice.
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