Technological Unemployment
Economic concern that automation eliminates jobs faster than creating new ones. Frey-Osborne: 47% of US jobs at risk. AI and robotics automate cognitive and physical labor. Universal basic income proposed as solution. Luddite history shows resistance to job-destroying technology. Optimists cite past technological transitions. Pessimists note AI's general capabilities. Questions of distribution, meaning, and purpose in post-work society.
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