Noah Smith's "Plentiful, High-Paying Jobs in the Age of AI" makes a reassuring case that even if AI agents surpass humans in every task, the economic principle of comparative advantage still guarantees humans a role in the workforce — because total productivity gains create demand that humans can help fill, even when they are relatively less efficient.
Plentiful, High-Paying Jobs in the Age of AI by Noah Smith
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