(The culture that I am referring to hear is broader than Kansai Airport, narrower than Japanese culture itself, and present in many nations. “High-expection Ops culture” gestures at it.)
SOCIETY
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AI Integration Drives 400K White Collar Job Losses First Time
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-400k white collar workers -first annual decline since 2026 And everyone knows that the big companies are already trying to integrate AI even more deeply.
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AI Regulation and Professional Credential Competition in Key Industries
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Whether there or more or less jobs, they will certainly change, and professions will compete to gain jurisdiction over valuable ones, in large part through regulation, requiring credentials, and appealing to the public. Expect action on how AI can be used in law, medicine etc.
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Job Boundaries Contested Without Job Losses
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You don't need less jobs to have a contestation over job boundaries
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Sociology Perspectives on AI Job Transformation Debate
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Two lessons:
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Professional Boundaries Shift as AI Disrupts Jobs
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A thing I see missing from AI job debates is that as jobs are disrupted by AI, professions will compete over new boundaries Abbot's System of Professions is a good read on what happens historically. Here is a short cartoon summary by a lizard painted in the style of Egon Schiele
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AI’s Role in Curating Memory, Identity and Legacy
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#AI’s Role in Curating Memory, Identity and Legacy
by Liam Houghton @UniteAi Learn more: https://
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Brain Computer Interfaces for Young People Soon
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Good luck with that. The young people soon will have brain computer interfaces. 🙂
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Extremist Political Power: AI Safety and Ethical Risks
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If they’re willing to die to assassinate, imagine what they will do if they gain political power