AI-Driven Economic Disruption
StructuralMedium HighAI could automate large portions of the economy faster than workers can adapt, creating mass unemployment, inequality, and social instability. While technological unemployment fears have historically been unfounded, AI may be different in scope—potentially affecting cognitive work that previous automation couldn't touch.
Severity
Medium High
Likelihood
High
Time Horizon
~2030
Maturity
Growing
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Assessment
SeverityMedium High
LikelihoodHigh
Time Horizon~2030
MaturityGrowing
CategoryStructural
Details
TypeStructural
StatusBeginning
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labor-marketsautomationinequalitypolicyeconomic-policy