What If AI Simply Ruins Your Job Instead of Taking It? (with Sarah O'Connor)

What If AI Simply Ruins Your Job Instead of Taking It? (with Sarah O'Connor)

June 24, 2026 · 29 min

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Sarah O'Connor discusses the impact of AI on job quality rather than quantity on the Trumponomics podcast.

Artificial intelligence is often discussed in terms of how many jobs it will eliminate, but Sarah O’Connor argues the biggest concern may be not what it does to the quantity of jobs, but the quality. Speaking on Bloomberg’s Trumponomics podcast about her new book,  We Are Not Machines: The Fight for the Future of Work , the Financial Times columnist said AI and automation are increasingly reshaping jobs around the strengths and limitations of machines, leaving workers to perform narrower, less-rewarding tasks.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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