Artificial intelligence won't take your job, but a company president will

We're all terrified by the fairy tale that ChatGPT is going to leave us out on the street...

Let's not fool ourselves: technology by itself is neutral. The problem is not that an algorithm can write reports in five seconds; the problem is the boss who will use that algorithm to fire 500 employees, raise his own annual bonus to $10,000,000 and buy another yacht.

AI should mean that we all work fewer hours for the same pay, because productivity has multiplied. But under this casino capitalism, every technological gain is pocketed by the board of directors.

We don't need Luddites who smash servers; we need strong digital unions and laws requiring that 50% of the gains generated by automation go directly to workers or to a universal basic income.