Jobs & EconomyIncorrect
“I think that 2024 may be the year that we start to see workers take real action — white-collar workers in fields like law, finance, medicine, media and tech starting to unionize to counteract job losses caused by AI and automation.”
Technology columnist, The New York Times; co-host of the Hard Fork podcast
Said Dec 22, 2023Deadline Dec 31, 2024Hard Fork, 'Our 2024 Predictions + Jenny Slate Answers Your Hard Questions!', The New York Times, December 22, 2023; operationalized by Roose on Manifold Markets ('Hard Forkasts 2024')
Roose's own operationalized market — requiring significant new AI/automation-driven union activity in at least three of law, finance, medicine, media and tech by December 31, 2024 — resolved NO. No broad white-collar unionization wave against AI job losses materialized in 2024.