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AI and the End of Upward Mobility

Original: The End Of Upward Mobility – AI is coming for the meritocracy

Noema Magazine has published an essay arguing that artificial intelligence threatens the meritocratic ladder that has long driven upward mobility. The piece contends that as AI takes over cognitive work once reserved for the educated and ambitious, the traditional path of studying hard to rise economically may be closing. Readers are debating whether meritocracy can survive when machines outperform the skilled workers it was built to reward.

Why now: Fears that AI could break the career ladder for educated workers are intensifying as the technology advances.

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