The AI era that economists fear most (Dogdrip, opens in a new window)

Posts where economists are worried about AI taking ordinary jobs first, with plain automation seen as the biggest threat. On Dogdrip (opens in a new window), people sympathized with a friend who lost their job to AI and called for policy responses. On Ruliweb (opens in a new window), many said automation without basic income would only cause mass unemployment, and some were skeptical that companies would ever pay basic income.