Sarah O'Connor

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261 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 3 Jul

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Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford · LIVE: We Are Not Machines - with Sarah O'Connor · 3 Jul 2026 podcast

And so I think it's a real shame if they become disrupted.

But I can imagine that those are the sorts of roles that could be quite, quite vulnerable.

But I might be wrong and I hope I am.

It's definitely what I said.

Thanks, Tim.

So the first part of your question, I mean, we've already seen how much better these things have got in the last few years.

I mean, when things like Mid Journey first came out, the image generation, like every person's hand had like six or seven fingers, right?

And we thought it was hilarious.

And now they're not making those mistakes anymore.

So yes, definitely things are getting better.

And

in a way, that's what's a bit difficult about writing about this topic is it's such a kind of moving target.

So you're like, you're trying to write about something that just keeps, keeps changing.

But as I was saying, like, I don't actually think the capability of what they can do is the only thing that matters, because it's also about like, what kind of trade offs are people willing to accept?

And then in terms of

If we started to see really big labor market dislocations, would government step in and do something drastic?

Maybe.

I mean, I don't think there's any precedent for that that I can think of.

I mean, in the example of the Luddites, the government stepped in on behalf of the owners of the machines and sent the Luddites to Australia.

So that was like the opposite.

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