Researchers used artificial intelligence to analyze the historical impact of technology on work, identifying replaced, improved and beneficiary jobs. The study also predicts future impacts of AI on employment, generating debates on possible replacements and their political implications.
The Luddites feared the social and economic impacts of technology and who controlled it. Today, with artificial intelligence, we must remember the Luddites: rejecting that corporations unilaterally decide the technological course, prioritizing the impact on workers, social cohesion, and democracy. Journalists, academics, lawmakers, and educators must question the corporate narrative about the inevitability of innovation, focusing on human agency and who benefits and who pays the price in the development of artificial intelligence.
The link between NIH funding and local employment, especially in university towns, is crucial. Reduction of these funds can decrease employment and harm the local economy, a study shows. Investment in avoiding these cuts is valuable for both health and the economy.
