permanent underclass
permanent underclass noun: an inescapable subaltern class speculated to emerge if artificial intelligence automates away social mobility.
Noun
permanent underclass (plural permanent underclasses)
- An inescapable subaltern class speculated to emerge if artificial intelligence automates away social mobility.
- Lower than proletariat workers, the lumpenproletariat includes the indigent and the unemployable, those cast out of the workforce with no recourse, or those who can’t enter it in the first place, such as young workers in times of economic depression. According to some in Silicon Valley, this sorry...2025 October 8, Kyle Chayka, “Will A.I. Trap You in the 'Permanent Underclass'?”, in The New Yorker
- So there are all these tweets that I saw joking about the permanent underclass. And they usually went something along the lines of like, we only have five months to escape the permanent underclass. Like, you better work hard because you're going to get stuck in the permanent underclass2025 October 27, “The new language of AI tech workers”, in NPR
Forms of permanent underclass
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Questions about permanent underclass
- What does permanent underclass mean?
- Permanent underclass means an inescapable subaltern class speculated to emerge if artificial intelligence automates away social mobility.
- What part of speech is permanent underclass?
- Permanent underclass is a noun.
- What is the plural of permanent underclass?
- The plural of permanent underclass is permanent underclasses.
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