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AI to hit 40% of jobs and worsen inequality, IMF says (www.bbc.com)

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AI to hit 40% of jobs and worsen inequality, IMF says::Policymakers should address the "troubling trend", says the organisation's managing director Kristalina Georgieva.

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[–] TheFriar@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months ago

It’s interesting that they mean “inequality between nations,” when it could very much affect inequality between the über rich and everyone else. People will start having their already underpaid jobs scaled back, there will be layoffs after layoffs to hire people in these “new fields” (who, of course, will be paid far less to be assistants to AI when it gets stuck)…inequality is going to explode—even more. Because we are already well beyond anything we’ve seen outside of the gilded age and…have we surpassed gilded age inequality yet? I’m not sure. It’s been a while since I’ve checked