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By Bruno COLMANT, Ph.D. in Applied Economics, Member of the Royal Academy of Belgium
Artificial intelligence is poised to eliminate millions of jobs across entire sectors in the coming years. The central and most pressing question we must confront today is straightforward yet profoundly consequential: who will ultimately bear the enormous social cost of this transformation?
Throughout history, every major technological breakthrough has triggered the same fundamental debate: who truly benefits from the vast new wealth it generates? Whether it was the steam engine during the Industrial Revolution, the widespread adoption of electricity, or the digital revolution powered by computers, the pattern has consistently repeated itself. In each...
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