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28 April 2026 23h10

I think a lot depends on the jobs narrative. Companies should stop blaming layoffs on AI and emphasize increased productivity, new business lines, and new hires made as a result of using AI.

1959 Harper’s on Factory Automation and Artisanal Skill Loss

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28 April 2026 21h43

On the subject of old-timey views of automation, this piece, from a 1959 issue of Harpers, laments the loss of artisanal skills amid the rise of factory automation. Many of the displaced workers mentioned in the piece of course moved on to office work.

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AI compute requirements for large-scale job displacement

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28 April 2026 20h39

Hey Dario, for AI to destroy 50% of all white-collar jobs in the next 1-5 years you’d need orders of magnitude more compute and energy than we’ll have.

AI Job Creation: Historical Parallels and Future Opportunities

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28 April 2026 20h19

… although automated looms did replace people they also resulted in the creation of lots of new jobs. perhaps ai will be the same. it seems a mistake to think of AI purely as a replacement for humans, especially when there are so many things it cannot do well.

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Agentic AI Era Changes Work Prediction Fundamentals

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28 April 2026 20h05

A big problem with all AI at work punditry right now is that it all rests on data from the pre-agentic era (which is basically just now ending) and we have very little information about what has been happening since the Claude Code moment. So everything now requires some caveat.

LLMs and Workers: Echoes of Luddite Era Concerns

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28 April 2026 19h58

It's really striking how closely this argument mirrors the points made by the Luddites in the 19th century. Back then, textile workers were also worried about technology (looms rather than LLMs) being used to screw over workers, deskilling the workforce, and lowering the quality… https://t.co/CaxmSi2XgY
— Will Knight (@willknight) 28 avril 2026

It's really striking how closely this argument mirrors the points made by the Luddites in the 19th century. Back then, textile workers were also worried about technology (looms rather than LLMs) being used to screw over workers, deskilling the workforce, and lowering the quality

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Chinese AI Talent Exit Bans: Global Workforce Implications

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28 April 2026 19h38

If the Chinese government considers Chinese citizens working in AI as state assets subject to exit bans then does this extend to Chinese citizens working for AI companies outside of China? What if they want to go home and visit their parents? Should they be concerned now that