Le Monde on AI will create a permanent underclass

Le Monde

French daily newspaper; editorial board

Tech billionaires, by contrast, openly anticipate the rise of a semi-permanent underclass as advanced systems eliminate tens of millions of jobs, concentrating wealth and power in the hands of existing capital holders and AI companies.

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Le Monde, “In the US, the contradictions in the alliance between the tech world and the MAGA movement can no longer be suppressed,” June 17, 2026.

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Disputed Source attributes this passage to Stephen Holmes, not Le Monde; author is a recoverable field error. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 20d ago

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