AI labor-market fears through the China Shock lens

The China Shock analogy may imply less reason to fear AI labor disruption, not more, depending on which mechanisms actually carry over

A lot of people's worries about AI and the labor market seem to stem from a comparison to the China Shock. In this new analysis, me @nominalthoughts and @ngoldschlag argue that to the extent there are parallels, they give us reasons t
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