Fortune: Yale Economist Says AGI Won't Automate Most Jobs — 'Not Worth the Trouble'

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A Yale economist argues in Fortune that most jobs won't be automated by AGI because they simply aren't economically important enough to justify the investment in automation infrastructure. This counter-narrative directly opposes the NYT economists piece published the same week, creating a rare dueling-thesis moment: mainstream economics is simultaneously shifting toward AI job threat alarm AND producing counter-arguments that automation economics don't pencil out for most roles. For builders: the real question isn't capability but deployment cost vs. labor cost.