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Tech­nolog­i­cal Unemployment

TagLast edit: 25 Nov 2020 22:11 UTC by Ruby

Technological Unemployment occurs when businesses replace human workers with automated systems, and the displaced workers are unable to find new jobs.

Related to Automation.

Some­thing Un­fath­omable: Unal­igned Hu­man­ity and how we’re rac­ing against death with death

Yuli_Ban27 Feb 2023 11:37 UTC
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Will Pro­gram­mer Com­pen­sa­tion De­cou­ple from Pro­duc­tivity?

Gordon Seidoh Worley25 Apr 2025 15:32 UTC
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[Question] When peo­ple say robots will steal jobs, what kinds of jobs are never im­plied?

Mary Chernyshenko15 Jul 2023 10:50 UTC
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Full Au­toma­tion is Un­likely and Un­nec­es­sary for Ex­plo­sive Growth

aog31 May 2023 21:55 UTC
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The Overem­ployed Via ChatGPT

Zvi18 Apr 2023 13:40 UTC
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Why Does Unem­ploy­ment Hap­pen?

Nicholas D.26 Mar 2025 18:02 UTC
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Peak Hu­man Capital

PeterMcCluskey30 Sep 2024 21:13 UTC
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[Question] How much white col­lar work could be au­to­mated us­ing ex­ist­ing ML mod­els?

AM26 May 2022 8:09 UTC
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The Robots, AI, and Unem­ploy­ment Anti-FAQ

Eliezer Yudkowsky25 Jul 2013 18:46 UTC
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How *ex­actly* can AI take your job in the next few years?

Ansh Juneja30 Jan 2025 2:33 UTC
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The Fu­ture of Work: How Can Poli­cy­mak­ers Pre­pare for AI’s Im­pact on La­bor Mar­kets?

davidconrad, Arturs and Tillman Schenk
24 Jun 2024 14:18 UTC
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Value of the Long Tail

johnswentworth26 Feb 2020 17:24 UTC
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Tech­nolog­i­cal un­em­ploy­ment as an­other test for ra­tio­nal­ist winning

RomanHauksson2 May 2023 4:16 UTC
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Why Job Dis­place­ment Pre­dic­tions are Wrong: Ex­pla­na­tions of Cog­ni­tive Automation

Moritz Wallawitsch30 May 2023 20:43 UTC
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Trans­for­ma­tive AI is a pro­cess

meijer19738 Jun 2023 8:57 UTC
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Su­per­in­tel­li­gence 17: Mul­tipo­lar scenarios

KatjaGrace6 Jan 2015 6:44 UTC
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[Question] Look­ing for read­ing recom­men­da­tions: The­o­ries of right/​jus­tice that safe­guard against hav­ing one’s job au­to­mated?

bulKlub12 Oct 2023 19:40 UTC
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Jobs In­side the API

Jacob Falkovich21 Aug 2018 21:45 UTC
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[Question] What are your thoughts on the fu­ture of AI-as­sisted soft­ware de­vel­op­ment?

RomanHauksson9 Dec 2022 10:04 UTC
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The cur­rent AI strate­gic land­scape: one bear’s perspective

Matrice Jacobine15 Feb 2025 9:49 UTC
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[Question] When will com­puter pro­gram­ming be­come an un­skil­led job (if ever)?

lc16 Mar 2023 17:46 UTC
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On the fu­ture of lan­guage models

owencb20 Dec 2023 16:58 UTC
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[Question] What should a non-ge­nius do in the face of rapid progress in GAI to en­sure a de­cent life?

kaler1 Jan 2024 8:22 UTC
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After Over­mor­row: Scat­tered Mus­ings on the Im­me­di­ate Post-AGI World

Yuli_Ban24 Feb 2024 15:49 UTC
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In defense of tech­nolog­i­cal un­em­ploy­ment as the main AI concern

tailcalled27 Aug 2024 17:58 UTC
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What you re­ally mean when you claim to sup­port “UBI for job au­toma­tion”

Deric Cheng13 May 2024 8:52 UTC
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“The Sin­gu­lar­ity Is Nearer” by Ray Kurzweil—Review

Lavender8 Jul 2024 21:32 UTC
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Model­ing AI-driven oc­cu­pa­tional change over the next 10 years and beyond

2120eth12 Nov 2024 4:58 UTC
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Is your job re­place­able by GPT-4? (as of March 2023)

Bezzi23 Mar 2023 22:16 UTC
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The benev­olence of the butcher

dr_s8 Apr 2023 16:29 UTC
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Con­ver­sa­tional Pre­sen­ta­tion of Why Au­toma­tion is Differ­ent This Time

ryan_b17 Jan 2018 22:11 UTC
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UBI for President

Jacob Falkovich18 Oct 2018 15:09 UTC
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