Replacing skilled labor with AI can result in harm, not benefit.

Evidence

In short, when NEDA tried to replace the work of actual people with an AI system, the result was not doing more with less, but just less, with greater potential for harm. — Emily M. Bender, Alex Hanna, The AI Con- How to Fight Big Tech’s…, 168

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Emily M. Bender, Alex Hanna, The AI Con- How to Fight Big Tech’s…, 168
• XREF: connects to: AI applications may not improve dental care if systems are flawed. — Joanna Stern, I Am Not a Robot- My Year Using AI to…, 323; AI reduces job quality by devaluing human labor. — Emily M. Bender, Alex Hanna, The AI Con- How to Fight Big Tech’s…, 126; Automation and AI are designed to eliminate laborers rather than liberate them. — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection: How Data Is…, 239