ARK Analyst: Automation Unemployment Fears Ignore Unpredictable New Jobs
skorusARK · x · 2026-10-29
An ARK director pushes back on "automation causes mass unemployment" claims: new occupations like influencer would have sounded as absurd as "monkey attendant" once did, so the inability to predict future jobs doesn't mean they won't emerge. He jokes the setup sounds like the opening of Planet of the Apes.
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