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Autor, “Why Are There Still So Many Jobs? The History and Future of Workplace Automation” (2015) contests M05. Reflecting on AI and robotics, Autor expects workers to keep a comparative advantage in problem-solving, adaptability and creativity, against commentators who 'overstate the extent of machine substitution'. Copy claim link
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Date 2015 · publication Role Contesting Register (kind of text) Nonfiction Engagement States the contrary. States that workers retain a comparative advantage in some tasks without, in the abstract, analysing the premise that machines could become cheaper at all tasks. Tier Tier 1. JEP (core venue). Scope and limits Abstract page only; same passage as the M02 record. Whether the full article addresses the all-tasks scenario cannot be judged from the abstract.
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Why Are There Still So Many Jobs? The History and Future of Workplace Automation ↗ Journal of Economic Perspectives 29(3), Summer 2015, pp. 3–30 · 2015
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Source excerpt “I argue that the interplay between machine and human comparative advantage allows computers to substitute for workers in performing routine, codifiable tasks while amplifying the comparative advantage of workers in supplying problem-solving skills, adaptability, and creativity.” Location in source AEA article page, Abstract (JEP 29(3), Summer 2015, pp. 3-30)
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Source details and check notes Authors David H. Autor Version Abstract page only (full-text PDF refused, HTTP 403). Current copy retrieved directly on 2026-10-09; no archive capture (Wayback unreachable), so earlier bytes are not authenticated. SHA-256 faa6a9976b49be8beb09c2cb4b16ea37795a78fa86301a46698515b3a7f79897. Full text not retrieved; only the AEA abstract page. Autor, D. H. (2015). Why are there still so many jobs? The history and future of workplace automation. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 29(3), 3–30. https://doi.org/10.1257/jep.29.3.3 Canonical address Open the canonical source ↗ Accessed 2026-10-09 Language English (en) Attribution David H. Autor, “Why Are There Still So Many Jobs? The History and Future of Workplace Automation”, Journal of Economic Perspectives 29(3), Summer 2015, pp. 3–30, 2015. Reuse No open redistribution licence asserted. Bibliographic metadata, editorial paraphrases and short attributed quotations (at most 50 words each). Recheck terms before wider redistribution. Check notes Candidate pack passage M05-17 (research/economics-mainstream). The quotation (36 words) matched the retrieved current copy (SHA-256 faa6a9976b49be8beb09c2cb4b16ea37795a78fa86301a46698515b3a7f79897) in the pack's verification. Re-checked at admission on 2026-10-14 against a copy retrieved that day, whose SHA-256 differs from the recorded one. Status and meaning Editorial status. Not reviewed by an editor . An exploratory record that no editor has accepted. This status does not say whether a person has read any linked passage. Each evidence record above shows how it was checked.
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Date. AEA article page: vol. 29, no. 3, Summer 2015. Checked in a current copy; an archive capture was not available, so earlier bytes are not authenticated.
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