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Business reliance on AI to fix inequality called 'fanciful' by Alan Kohler

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Alan Kohler argues that businesses, having previously suppressed wages and increased prices through the decline of unions and the rise of oligopoly power, are now unrealistically looking to AI to solve complex societal issues. He suggests that expecting AI to fix declining productivity, rising inequality, generational anger, and political polarization is a misguided approach. AI

IMPACT Suggests AI is being unrealistically relied upon to solve complex societal issues like inequality and polarization, rather than addressing root causes.

RANK_REASON Opinion piece by a named credible voice discussing the societal impact of business practices and AI.

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Business reliance on AI to fix inequality called 'fanciful' by Alan Kohler

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    As rising inequality demands reform, business is 'circling the wagons' By Alan Kohler Business used the collapse of unions to suppress wages and oligopoly power

    As rising inequality demands reform, business is 'circling the wagons' By Alan Kohler Business used the collapse of unions to suppress wages and oligopoly power to increase prices. Expecting it now — using AI — to fix declining productivity, rising inequality, generational anger …

    LINKS abc.net.au/…/107095052

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