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Comment by Steven Greenhouse

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Journalist and author focusing on labor, workplaces, and economic and legal issues.
We need to take action now to protect against AI’s potentially disastrous effects: millions of layoffs, a huge increase in economic inequality, and the creation of a large, new underclass.
AI Verified (May 19, 2026)
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Steven Greenhouse, “Billionaires are trying to lull us into AI complacency. Don’t let them,” The Guardian, May 19, 2026.
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AI will create a permanent underclass
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AI Verified Greenhouse explicitly warns AI could create a large new underclass, directly supporting the statement. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago
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AI Verified Recorded answer for matches Greenhouse’s warning that AI could create a large new underclass. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified Verified verbatim in Steven Greenhouse’s Guardian column of 19 May 2026. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago
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