Even in the “no jobs lost, just shifted” model, it is not obvious that many individuals won’t be affected. Not everyone can easily be retrained, older people might retire early, and if we do not have a compassionate society it will be very hard on people. The solution is not some fantasy ban on AI, but actually having that compassionate society. Unfortunately these days we’ve been moving in the opposite direction.
Even in the “no jobs lost, just shifted” model, it is not obvious that many individuals won’t be affected. Not everyone can easily be retrained, older people might retire early, and if we do not have a compassionate society it will be very hard on people. The solution is not some fantasy ban on AI, but actually having that compassionate society. Unfortunately these days we’ve been moving in the opposite direction.