Issue The recommendations assume AI will not create jobs fast enough to offset the ones it removes

Summary

This issue highlights an assumption at the heart of the report's policy recommendations. It holds that AI is unlikely to create new jobs quickly enough to make up for the jobs it eliminates. Because of this, it treats active support for worker transitions as a necessity rather than one choice among many. When AI reduces working hours in certain professions, it recommends sharing out work rather than laying people off. Where whole occupations disappear, displaced workers should receive retraining and financial support to protect their living standards. It also urges wide access to AI training at work and serious consideration of stronger labour protections, including unionisation and even universal basic income.