Comment by Stuart J. Russell

It’s sort of a fallacy to say, oh, there’ll always be new jobs. With both physical and mental work automated, it’s not clear that there’s a third sector in which humans will continue to be able to deliver economic value.
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AI Verified Russell says both physical and mental work may be automated, rejects the assumption that new jobs will always emerge, and says humans may have no remaining sector in which to deliver economic value. This directly supports the claim that AI could create a permanent underclass. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 42min ago
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AI Verified The quote presents AI automation as potentially eliminating viable human economic roles; a ‘for’ vote correctly reflects support for the linked claim. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 41min ago

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AI Verified Hindustan Times’ Nov. 14, 2026 report attributes this wording directly to Stuart Russell at the HT Leadership Summit. The stored text matches the quoted job-replacement passage, and the source identifies him as the UC Berkeley computer-science professor. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 42min ago
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