@FinanceYF5: AI won't put humans out of work. a16z partner David George refutes the popular "AI job apocalypse" narrative in Silicon Valley. He argues it is merely a modern incarnation of the century-old "lump-of-labor" fallacy—the idea that the amount of work is fixed is fundamentally flawed.
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a16z partner David George refutes the claim that AI will cause mass human unemployment, arguing that it is a fallacy based on the flawed assumption of a fixed amount of work.
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🧵 AI won’t make humans unemployed
a16z partner David George refutes the popular “AI unemployment apocalypse” theory in Silicon Valley.
He says it’s just a repackaging of the century-old “lump-of-labor” fallacy — the idea that the amount of work is fixed, which is fundamentally wrong. 👇 https://t.co/kuUDgL1Pd1
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