AI's Future: Automation or Augmentation? The Choice Could Determine Equality
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AI could displace human jobs through automation, furthering inequality, or it could be used to augment human capabilities and reduce inequality.
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Evidence shows AI tools can enhance productivity, especially for less skilled workers, allowing them to take on more complex roles.
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Current corporate incentives favor automation over human augmentation; policy changes could encourage more complementary uses.
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Giving unions a voice in AI deployment and regulating high-risk uses like hiring could steer technology towards empowering humans.
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We must challenge the paradigm that technology exists solely to replace humans, and pursue its potential to expand human potential.