DiscoverThe John Batchelor Show37: PREVIEW: AI and Employment: The Unemployment Question Guest: Liz Peek Liz Peek notes the slow start to the national conversation about AI-driven unemployment despite the technology's accelerating impact. She questions the political reaction if mass layoff
37: PREVIEW: AI and Employment: The Unemployment Question Guest: Liz Peek Liz Peek notes the slow start to the national conversation about AI-driven unemployment despite the technology's accelerating impact. She questions the political reaction if mass layoff

37: PREVIEW: AI and Employment: The Unemployment Question Guest: Liz Peek Liz Peek notes the slow start to the national conversation about AI-driven unemployment despite the technology's accelerating impact. She questions the political reaction if mass layoff

Update: 2025-10-28
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PREVIEW: AI and Employment: The Unemployment Question



Guest: Liz Peek



Liz Peek notes the slow start to the national conversation about AI-driven unemployment despite the technology's accelerating impact. She questions the political reaction if mass layoffs begin across sectors. AI is already delivering massive productivity gains for large S&P 500 companies, causing their stocks to rise sharply. However, small businesses, represented by the Russell 2000 index, are currently being left behind. This divergence raises concerns about widening economic inequality and the need for proactive policy discussions about workforce transition and retraining in an AI-dominated economy.




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37: PREVIEW: AI and Employment: The Unemployment Question Guest: Liz Peek Liz Peek notes the slow start to the national conversation about AI-driven unemployment despite the technology's accelerating impact. She questions the political reaction if mass layoff

37: PREVIEW: AI and Employment: The Unemployment Question Guest: Liz Peek Liz Peek notes the slow start to the national conversation about AI-driven unemployment despite the technology's accelerating impact. She questions the political reaction if mass layoff

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