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Why I’m not worried about AI job loss - David Oks

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We're not in a February 2020 moment, and ordinary people will be fine

Two days ago, someone named Matt Shumer posted an essay on Twitter with the title “Something Big Is Happening.” Almost immediately, his essay went extremely viral. As of this writing, it’s been viewed about 100 million times and counting; and it’s been shared by such strikingly different figures as the conservative pundit Matt Walsh (“this is a really good article”) and the liberal pundit Mehdi Hasan (“perhaps the most important piece you read today, this week, this month”). I’ve heard countless reports of people being sent the article unprompted by parents and siblings and friends. I expect…

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