I'll probably lose my job to AI. Here's why that's OK | Megan J. McArdle
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🗓️ 27 June 2025
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Summary
Artificial intelligence could cost many of us our careers — but that doesn’t mean we should stop its development, says journalist Megan J. McArdle. As she watches AI encroach on her own craft, she shares a fresh take on the 19th-century Luddites, who tried to destroy machines that would upend their trade. Looking back, McArdle reframes today’s fears with a poignant question: If we halt progress to protect the present, what might we be stealing from the future?
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| 0:22.2 | In this talk journalist Megan J. McCartle explores this question, |
| 0:26.7 | sharing her deep anxiety around AI threatening her career as a writer, |
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