Economists: past industrial revolutions created more jobs than they destroyed

Le Monde examined AI's effect on employment, arguing outcomes are not predetermined and depend heavily on economic policy. In the US, AI has cut IT and finance jobs while industry, education, healthcare and restaurants added more; over the long term, past industrial revolutions always created more jobs than they destroyed, though the emphasis is on the long term.

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