Wilsoniumite models AI job displacement and the next downturn
What happened
On October 8 the Hacker News front page covered Wilsoniumite's analysis of AI, jobs and the risk of the next economic downturn. Wilsoniumite argues that AI replacing work can shift income from wages to owners of capital, land and location, and that jobs lost in the next downturn may not come back. The site published its scenario model and tracks 29 indicators, 8 of which have already crossed preset thresholds. Under a shock similar to the dot-com bust, current policy and the model's assumed pace of AI displacement, the model estimates that by Q2 2032, 24% of the US workforce will be out of work; that figure is a model estimate for one specific scenario.
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- Hacker News front pageAI, Work, and the Next Downturn
Wilsoniumite 提出，AI 替代工作可能推动收入从工资转向资本、土地和区位所有者，下一轮经济下行中流失的岗位可能不再恢复。网站公开情景模型并跟踪 29 项指标，其中 8 项已触发预设阈值；在类似互联网泡沫破裂的冲击、现行政策及模型假设的 AI 替代速度下，模型估计到 Q2 2032 美国劳动力中 24% 将没有工作。
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