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The next labor battle will be over who reaps the benefits that AI’s productivity increases will sew.

While there are debates as to if AI will completely replace some jobs, there is no doubt it allows the workers of many professions to increase their productivity. In simple terms, AI will allow workers to create more goods in the same amount of time, or it will take less time to create the same amount of goods. As workers, we would like to harness all of that added benefit, we would then get paid the same amount to work less. Employers, however, will want all of that added benefit for themselves, they will expect us to be more productive in the same amount of time, for the same pay. Let's hold the line and maintain the benefit of AI for the employee, not the employer.


While there are debates as to if AI will completely replace some jobs, there is no doubt it allows the workers of many professions to increase their productivity. In simple terms, AI will allow workers to create more goods in the same amount of time, or it will take less time to create the same amount of goods. As workers, we would like to harness all of that added benefit, we would then get paid the same amount to work less. Employers, however, will want all of that added benefit for themselves, they will expect us to be more productive in the same amount of time, for the same pay. Let's hold the line and maintain the benefit of AI for the employee, not the employer.

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