{"id":1698,"date":"2026-04-30T17:32:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T17:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifmbanm.com\/blog\/?p=1698"},"modified":"2026-04-30T17:32:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T17:32:48","slug":"a-more-nuanced-analysis-of-the-impact-of-ai-on-labor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ifmbanm.com\/blog\/?p=1698","title":{"rendered":"A more nuanced analysis of the impact of AI on labor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalistpapers.com\/vol2\/autorthompson\">https:\/\/www.digitalistpapers.com\/vol2\/autorthompson<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The basic idea is the Expertise framework. \u00a0Jobs are composed of tasks, tasks have more or less expertise associated with them. \u00a0If the less-expert tasks are automated, expertise is valued, there are fewer but more highly paid workers (experienced software architects). \u00a0If the more-expert tasks are automated, the remaining work is lower-paid, and more broadly available (Amazon warehouse workers). \u00a0The way out is the creation of new expertise, through the creation of new tasks, most of which we can\u2019t yet conceive of.<\/p>\n<p>Douglas was arguing this years ago when I expressed my fears regarding automation and paid work. \u00a0This is a nuanced guide to the argument, with supporting research and examples. \u00a0Along the way, lots of good ideas and observations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/www.digitalistpapers.com\/vol2\/autorthompson The basic idea is the Expertise framework. \u00a0Jobs are composed of tasks, tasks have more or less expertise associated with them. \u00a0If the less-expert tasks are automated, expertise is valued, there are fewer but more highly paid workers (experienced software architects). \u00a0If the more-expert tasks are automated, the remaining work is lower-paid, and more [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ifmbanm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1698"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ifmbanm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ifmbanm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ifmbanm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ifmbanm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ifmbanm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1698\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ifmbanm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ifmbanm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ifmbanm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}