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Could AI create a ‘permanent underclass’?

A Financial Times analysis warns that artificial intelligence could create a 'permanent underclass' by bifurcating the labor market, as AI-driven automation may disproportionately displace lower-skilled workers while enhancing productivity for higher-skilled ones. The report highlights San Francisco's hyperbolic language but underscores the real risk of widening economic inequality.

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Financial Times TechnologySan Francisco’s language is hyperbolic — but the technology could bifurcate the labour market

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