AI & employment
Volume IV
What changes when AI takes over tasks?
The Last Human Workforce: Task Bundles, Automation, and Transition Design
A job can keep its title while its daily tasks change. What should workers and employers measure?
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Labour & ownership
Volume IV
When factories return, do jobs return too?
Factories Return but Do the Jobs
A new plant can raise domestic output. How much durable work and income does it create?
Institutions & accountability
Volume II
What makes democratic institutions vulnerable?
Democracy’s Achilles’ Heel
Voting is one part of democratic power. What happens when a decision needs to be challenged?
Science & infrastructure
Volume III
Can data-centre heat become a public resource?
The Server as a Furnace
Computing creates heat. Whether a neighbour can use it depends on the design and the demand.
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