What Scott Sumner thinks about AI and jobs

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Monetary economist known for NGDP-level targeting; wrote TheMoneyIllusion.

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23 Sept 2026

Our readingTech people tend to overestimate the risk of mass job loss from AI.

Their wordsI do believe that most tech people overestimate the risk of mass job loss from AI, but that's because economics is one area where I feel I do have some expertise.

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