Silicon Valley Consensus: AI Will Create a Permanent Underclass
A New York Times opinion piece reports a widespread consensus among engineers, venture capitalists, founders, managers, doomers, accelerationists, lefties, and libertarians in San Francisco that AI's impact on workers is bleak, predicting the creation of a permanent underclass.
Key facts
- The article is from The New York Times.
- It discusses the San Francisco consensus on AI's impact on workers.
- The consensus is described as bleak.
- It involves engineers, venture capitalists, founders, managers, doomers, accelerationists, lefties, and libertarians.
- The article predicts a permanent underclass due to AI.
- Published April 30, 2026.
- The article is an opinion piece.
- It was republished by ArtsJournal.
Entities
Institutions
- The New York Times
- ArtsJournal
Locations
- San Francisco
- United States