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Cambridge researcher Herbie Bradley argues the post-ASI labor transition will match the Industrial Revolution, but founder Kanjun warns of rapid destabilization

They agree future employment will shift to relational labor.

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Herbie Bradley@herbiebradley#1012inAI

I don't think so? the industrial revolution was a seismic shift that moved the population rapidly towards new kinds of jobs, just as agriculture did previously

I think the post-ASI future looks a lot like the relational labor described in Alex Imas's recent substack, which means the industrial revolution comparison is equivalent in magnitude

@herbiebradley @benedictevans I think this is also massively underselling the impact on labor!

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I generally agree with Alex Imas’s take, but the *speed* of impact to labor is the primary difference between this wave vs the Industrial Revolution. On net it might have similar-scale multiples of economic impact, but I expect impact per unit time per worker to be much higher, which I suspect is more likely to destabilize the economic/social/political fabric.

Herbie Bradley@herbiebradley

I don't think so? the industrial revolution was a seismic shift that moved the population rapidly towards new kinds of jobs, just as agriculture did previously

I think the post-ASI future looks a lot like the relational labor described in Alex Imas's recent substack, which means the industrial revolution comparison is equivalent in magnitude

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