Are employers salivating to use AI to cut jobs? That’s what Tech Policy Press argues:

Indeed, the job losses associated with “AI” are reminiscent of the losses associated with industrial decline in the late twentieth century. These losses accumulated in a geographical location or a market sector as the workforce shifted offshore to emerging markets, where many more people are required to do a less skilled version of the job for less pay. As investors looked to skim ever more off the top, the US transformed into a “knowledge economy” dominated by a managerial tier but hollowed out of technical expertise.

It’s got quite an ideological tilt, but the article makes some clear points about how AI can be used to threaten and control the workforce.

Read it here.