Teddy Tawil on AI will create a permanent underclass

Teddy Tawil

Researcher in Carnegie Endowment for International Peace's Technology and International Affairs Program, writing on AI and the future of work.

AI could hollow out jobs, reshape them gradually, create entirely new ones—or do all three at once. The case for starting to act now doesn’t depend on knowing which.

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Teddy Tawil, “The AI Labor Debate: Three Views on the Future of Work,” Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, April 23, 2026.

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AI will create a permanent underclass

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AI Verified The Carnegie paper expressly presents multiple possible AI labor outcomes; this uncertainty supports an abstain stance on whether AI will create a permanent underclass. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified Tawil says AI may hollow out, reshape, create jobs, or combine these outcomes; this is explicitly uncertain, so the recorded abstain answer is correct. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified Carnegie Endowment paper (Apr. 23, 2026) by Teddy Tawil contains this wording verbatim and attributes it to Tawil. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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AI will create more jobs than it destroys

AI could hollow out jobs, reshape them gradually, create entirely new ones—or do all three at once. The case for starting to act now doesn’t depend on knowing which.

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