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What Happens When AI Takes the Jobs and Then...What?
Unpacking the societal cost of mass workforce displacement and how communities can adapt before it is too late
Devona Green Jordan
September 08, 2025
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Interesting Tech Fact:
In 1889, an intriguing tension emerged in England when William Lee’s early knitting-machine design—originally invented in 1589—finally influenced textile production: Queen Elizabeth I reportedly denied him a patent, warning that “the invention could do to my poor subjects… ruin by depriving them of employment,” yet the ultimately widespread adoption of such knitting innovations paved the way for mechanized lace-making mills; this paradoxically eliminated bespoke artisan jobs while sowing the seeds for urban factory work—an overlooked example of how even centuries-old inventions began radical employment shifts long before industrialization’s full bloom.
Introduction: The Tectonic Shift Already Underway
The conversation about artificial intelligence is no longer confined to academic conferences or speculative tech panels. It is here, it is happening, and it is transforming the nature of work before our eyes. Across industries, AI is not simply augmenting human labor—it is replacing it at scale.