AI slows wages, boosts demand
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Researchers and analysts said AI reshaped the labor market, contributing to slower wage growth and hiring in some sectors while boosting demand for skilled AI workers and role redefinition.
by Naomi Klein Reposted by Devon Greyson
On Democracy Now!, I floated a new theory: AI companies really have unleashed a killer monster that has slipped their control. But plot twist - the monster is human. And it's the President of the United States.
@astra.bsky.social
@democracynow.org
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September 16, 2026 at 4:06 PM
On Democracy Now!, I floated a new theory: AI companies really have unleashed a killer monster that has slipped their control. But plot twist - the monster is human. And it's the President of the United States.
@astra.bsky.social
@democracynow.org
@astra.bsky.social
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Reposted by Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò
“AI will kill us all” is how the tech industry, especially rich people in it, avoid talking about real world problems—ones they’re causing, exacerbating, or neglecting—while still thinking themselves good.
“I’m better than all that,” they say. “I got high with my friends and BSed about the future.”
“I’m better than all that,” they say. “I got high with my friends and BSed about the future.”
September 16, 2026 at 10:36 AM
“AI will kill us all” is how the tech industry, especially rich people in it, avoid talking about real world problems—ones they’re causing, exacerbating, or neglecting—while still thinking themselves good.
“I’m better than all that,” they say. “I got high with my friends and BSed about the future.”
“I’m better than all that,” they say. “I got high with my friends and BSed about the future.”
This is an extremely cool teachign example
There’s a lot of doom & gloom around how AI is affecting higher education.
To a certain extent, I get it. AI is making some things harder.
But I’ve found that AI has in some ways greatly enhanced my teaching.
For one, it’s opened up applied activities that weren’t possible before.
One example: 🧵
To a certain extent, I get it. AI is making some things harder.
But I’ve found that AI has in some ways greatly enhanced my teaching.
For one, it’s opened up applied activities that weren’t possible before.
One example: 🧵
September 16, 2026 at 2:15 PM
This is an extremely cool teachign example
We've already seen that the recent calls by AI industry leaders to ‘pace the frontier’ are insufficient, and their suggestions that we must weaken antitrust protections in order to confront the AI threat are transparently self-serving.
September 16, 2026 at 4:47 PM
We've already seen that the recent calls by AI industry leaders to ‘pace the frontier’ are insufficient, and their suggestions that we must weaken antitrust protections in order to confront the AI threat are transparently self-serving.
Working people are worried about their futures. We shouldn’t have to live in fear for our jobs or our lives because of AI.
That’s why 90% of Americans want REAL AI guardrails — to protect our jobs, rights and privacy.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/12/workers-ai-policy-unions
That’s why 90% of Americans want REAL AI guardrails — to protect our jobs, rights and privacy.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/12/workers-ai-policy-unions
US workers overwhelmingly support union-backed policies on AI, poll says
Nine out of 10 workers express support for policies on artificial intelligence that labor unions may fight for
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Working people are worried about their futures. We shouldn’t have to live in fear for our jobs or our lives because of AI.
That’s why 90% of Americans want REAL AI guardrails — to protect our jobs, rights and privacy.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/12/workers-ai-policy-unions
That’s why 90% of Americans want REAL AI guardrails — to protect our jobs, rights and privacy.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/12/workers-ai-policy-unions
by Ian Bremmer
nothing i see from the heads of ai companies suggests a meaningful slowdown
and full dismissal of slowdown talk from the trump admin
on @cnbctv18.bsky.social
and full dismissal of slowdown talk from the trump admin
on @cnbctv18.bsky.social
September 16, 2026 at 2:19 PM
nothing i see from the heads of ai companies suggests a meaningful slowdown
and full dismissal of slowdown talk from the trump admin
on @cnbctv18.bsky.social
and full dismissal of slowdown talk from the trump admin
on @cnbctv18.bsky.social
The future of artificial intelligence must be decided by the American people through their democratically elected representatives in government—not by a handful of CEOs and billionaire corporations.
September 16, 2026 at 4:47 PM
The future of artificial intelligence must be decided by the American people through their democratically elected representatives in government—not by a handful of CEOs and billionaire corporations.
Reposted by Bessma Momani, Henry Jones
"AI folks have spent a long time talking to one another, and their explanations not just for what they’re attempting to build but why they have to build it are layered, heavily contingent thought experiments, rich in metaphor, full of prediction, and articulated in terms of game theory."
Why Everyone’s Talking About the AI Apocalypse
The AI-safety people finally have the public’s attention. Now what?
nymag.com
September 16, 2026 at 2:50 PM
"AI folks have spent a long time talking to one another, and their explanations not just for what they’re attempting to build but why they have to build it are layered, heavily contingent thought experiments, rich in metaphor, full of prediction, and articulated in terms of game theory."
Top AI companies are asking for supervision. Here's why Congress might not give it to them. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
Top AI companies are asking for supervision. Here's why Congress might not give it to them.
As the artificial intelligence lobby warms to mandatory independent audits, critics warn of conflicts of interest and "regulatory capture."
www.politico.com
September 16, 2026 at 7:59 AM
Top AI companies are asking for supervision. Here's why Congress might not give it to them. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
#WolffBites: Billionaires with sudden moral qualms about AI may just be disguising efforts to secure their monopoly positions.
September 16, 2026 at 3:58 PM
#WolffBites: Billionaires with sudden moral qualms about AI may just be disguising efforts to secure their monopoly positions.
Reposted by Mark Rice, Anastasia Salter
You know what we really need right now? The opinions of two guys who don’t know anything about AI and who have been wrong about many or all of the most consequential events of the past quarter century.
NYT: coming right up!
NYT: coming right up!
September 16, 2026 at 12:03 PM
You know what we really need right now? The opinions of two guys who don’t know anything about AI and who have been wrong about many or all of the most consequential events of the past quarter century.
NYT: coming right up!
NYT: coming right up!
An aging Congress' dilemma:
Can they regulate AI without using it? www.axios.com/2026/09/16/l...
Can they regulate AI without using it? www.axios.com/2026/09/16/l...
An aging Congress' dilemma: Can they regulate AI without using it?
Critics say it's impossible for politicians to grasp how rapidly AI is changing if they don't use it.
www.axios.com
September 16, 2026 at 9:41 AM
An aging Congress' dilemma:
Can they regulate AI without using it? www.axios.com/2026/09/16/l...
Can they regulate AI without using it? www.axios.com/2026/09/16/l...
Reposted by Anne Norton
Colleagues, please... I know higher ed is under siege, but we desperately need more entry-level assistant professorships and postdocs in areas that are not AI or AI adjacent.
And, as a graduate program director, "open rank professor of AI" is not something that most R1s train for outside of STEM.
And, as a graduate program director, "open rank professor of AI" is not something that most R1s train for outside of STEM.
September 16, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Colleagues, please... I know higher ed is under siege, but we desperately need more entry-level assistant professorships and postdocs in areas that are not AI or AI adjacent.
And, as a graduate program director, "open rank professor of AI" is not something that most R1s train for outside of STEM.
And, as a graduate program director, "open rank professor of AI" is not something that most R1s train for outside of STEM.
Reposted by Tim Hitchcock, Adrian Vickers
So Internet Archive, Open Street Map, and Zenodo all currently getting hammered by fucking AI bots. Core pieces of research infrastructure under threat. And those of us trying to keep resources online for the public become the unpaid servants of the mega-rich AI shysters.
September 16, 2026 at 7:16 AM
So Internet Archive, Open Street Map, and Zenodo all currently getting hammered by fucking AI bots. Core pieces of research infrastructure under threat. And those of us trying to keep resources online for the public become the unpaid servants of the mega-rich AI shysters.
by John Holbein Reposted by Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham
There’s a lot of doom & gloom around how AI is affecting higher education.
To a certain extent, I get it. AI is making some things harder.
But I’ve found that AI has in some ways greatly enhanced my teaching.
For one, it’s opened up applied activities that weren’t possible before.
One example: 🧵
To a certain extent, I get it. AI is making some things harder.
But I’ve found that AI has in some ways greatly enhanced my teaching.
For one, it’s opened up applied activities that weren’t possible before.
One example: 🧵
September 15, 2026 at 9:36 PM
There’s a lot of doom & gloom around how AI is affecting higher education.
To a certain extent, I get it. AI is making some things harder.
But I’ve found that AI has in some ways greatly enhanced my teaching.
For one, it’s opened up applied activities that weren’t possible before.
One example: 🧵
To a certain extent, I get it. AI is making some things harder.
But I’ve found that AI has in some ways greatly enhanced my teaching.
For one, it’s opened up applied activities that weren’t possible before.
One example: 🧵
Reposted by Ariadne Vromen
Citizens across the world, also in the US, want AI to be regulated.
"Citizens are growing increasingly frustrated with being powerless spectators as the AI race unfolds"
Data from Japan, South Africa, Denmark, the Netherlands, Brazil and the U.S.
www.techpolicy.press/governments-...
"Citizens are growing increasingly frustrated with being powerless spectators as the AI race unfolds"
Data from Japan, South Africa, Denmark, the Netherlands, Brazil and the U.S.
www.techpolicy.press/governments-...
Governments Want to Ease AI Regulation for Innovation, But Do Citizens Agree?
A 2025 survey across six countries finds that citizens are not in favor of deregulation and allowing AI innovation to progress unchecked.
www.techpolicy.press
September 16, 2026 at 7:01 AM
Citizens across the world, also in the US, want AI to be regulated.
"Citizens are growing increasingly frustrated with being powerless spectators as the AI race unfolds"
Data from Japan, South Africa, Denmark, the Netherlands, Brazil and the U.S.
www.techpolicy.press/governments-...
"Citizens are growing increasingly frustrated with being powerless spectators as the AI race unfolds"
Data from Japan, South Africa, Denmark, the Netherlands, Brazil and the U.S.
www.techpolicy.press/governments-...
by Paul Fisher
I’m pretty sure they are crazy too but not in the “future AI god will torture us way” but more the “my army of AI slaves will replace you punny humans way”. My view is they play up the risk stuff in a more insincere reason to motivate people funding them to give them more cash.
September 15, 2026 at 8:40 PM
I’m pretty sure they are crazy too but not in the “future AI god will torture us way” but more the “my army of AI slaves will replace you punny humans way”. My view is they play up the risk stuff in a more insincere reason to motivate people funding them to give them more cash.
Why Is Trump Still Boosting AI?
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/why-is-tru...
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/why-is-tru...
Why Is Trump Still Boosting AI?
Because it’s the only thing he has left
paulkrugman.substack.com
September 16, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Why Is Trump Still Boosting AI?
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/why-is-tru...
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/why-is-tru...
Reposted by Richard S.J. Tol
UK workers spend nearly £1 billion of their own money on AI for work, Deloitte finds reut.rs/3UQoQaQ
UK workers spend nearly £1 billion of their own money on AI for work, Deloitte finds
One is six workers in Britain is paying for an AI tool to help them do their job, at a total cost of nearly £1 billion ($1.4 billion) a year of their own money, according to research published by Deloitte on Wednesday.
reut.rs
September 16, 2026 at 2:10 AM
UK workers spend nearly £1 billion of their own money on AI for work, Deloitte finds reut.rs/3UQoQaQ
Personally, I'd credit this more to "reality" media more broadly, but this is catchy.
On Democracy Now!, I floated a new theory: AI companies really have unleashed a killer monster that has slipped their control. But plot twist - the monster is human. And it's the President of the United States.
@astra.bsky.social
@democracynow.org
@astra.bsky.social
@democracynow.org
September 16, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Personally, I'd credit this more to "reality" media more broadly, but this is catchy.