The useless class is a rather sinister-sounding phrase describing people displaced by technological unemployment due to automation.[1][2] The phrase was coined by Yuval Noah Harari and is promoted by the World Economic Forum.
See also
- Useless eaters - similar phrase used by Nazi propagandists
References
- ↑ "AI will create 'useless class' of human, predicts bestselling historian". The Guardian.
- ↑ "The rise of the useless class". ideas.ted.com.