What Happens When AI Beats Most People at Most Work?
IagoInTheLight · reddit · 2026-11-15
A Reddit discussion sparked by a Towards Data Science piece, "AI Will Do Your Job, That Should Be Good News," asks what comes after AI outperforms most people at most work. The author argues the fear is really about income, not love of the job: if we could separate unpleasant work from enjoyable work and let people get paid for what they like doing, widespread AI competence might not be a bad thing.
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