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.
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.
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.
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
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September 16, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Personally, I'd credit this more to "reality" media more broadly, but this is catchy.
by Bob Hudson
Journalism is already dying on its feet. Now AI is finishing it off. Bad news for anyone interested in transparency and accountability - that’s surely all of us? www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Mirror publisher to cut 220 editorial jobs as readers turn to AI summaries
Reach, which also owns Express, makes decision because of ‘mammoth shift’ in how audiences seek out content
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Journalism is already dying on its feet. Now AI is finishing it off. Bad news for anyone interested in transparency and accountability - that’s surely all of us? www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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
@astra.bsky.social
@democracynow.org
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
@democracynow.org
#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.
It seems to me more like “would you be willing to make it easier for someone with $100billion to double their money by increasing your chance of being hit by a train to 15%?”
My summary of the AI apocalypse discussion. www.ctinsider.com/columnist/ar...
September 16, 2026 at 3:11 PM
It seems to me more like “would you be willing to make it easier for someone with $100billion to double their money by increasing your chance of being hit by a train to 15%?”
by Seth Masket
I wrote the other day about AI becoming a populist issue that transcended party lines, not realizing Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon were about to share a stage on this topic!
smotus.substack.com/p/ai-as-the-...
smotus.substack.com/p/ai-as-the-...
September 16, 2026 at 3:05 PM
I wrote the other day about AI becoming a populist issue that transcended party lines, not realizing Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon were about to share a stage on this topic!
smotus.substack.com/p/ai-as-the-...
smotus.substack.com/p/ai-as-the-...
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."
The ‘Nonexistent’ Research on AI’s Benefits for Education www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-in...
The “Nonexistent” Research on AI’s Benefits for Education
Colleges are going all in on artificial intelligence. But it could be a long time before independent research emerges on how it should—or shouldn’t—be used to improve learning outcomes.
www.insidehighered.com
September 16, 2026 at 2:30 PM
The ‘Nonexistent’ Research on AI’s Benefits for Education www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-in...
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
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
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
Reposted by Henry Farrell
I really do wonder if this massive crush of attention/visible preference cascade is when AI firms start to *lose* control of the AI story, over which they've had unusual influence for years now: as actors, obviously, but also as narrators, academic-ish publishers, self-reporters, etc
September 16, 2026 at 2:07 PM
I really do wonder if this massive crush of attention/visible preference cascade is when AI firms start to *lose* control of the AI story, over which they've had unusual influence for years now: as actors, obviously, but also as narrators, academic-ish publishers, self-reporters, etc
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 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.
1) AI has huge potential to revolutionize education; 2) it could be, on average, bad for student achievement given how it's used.
More generally, I wish schools did a better job of
2/n
More generally, I wish schools did a better job of
2/n
September 16, 2026 at 1:39 PM
1) AI has huge potential to revolutionize education; 2) it could be, on average, bad for student achievement given how it's used.
More generally, I wish schools did a better job of
2/n
More generally, I wish schools did a better job of
2/n
The Hour AI Gave Back, and Who Took It theslowai.substack.com/p/ai-teacher...
The Hour AI Gave Back, and Who Took It
80% of UK teachers now use AI. Around a third of them say they work fewer hours. Here is what the survey measured, who paid for it, and how to find out where your own saved time went.
theslowai.substack.com
September 16, 2026 at 12:55 PM
The Hour AI Gave Back, and Who Took It theslowai.substack.com/p/ai-teacher...
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!
by Mel Bartley
But isn't this what AI is good for ?
September 16, 2026 at 11:54 AM
But isn't this what AI is good for ?