Meanings
- uncountableThe state of being disemployed, or deprived of employment (as sometimes distinguished from unemployment).
this glut of leisure and disemployment
1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Francis Ashe […], →OCLC1 more example
So an AI-enabled future may have all sorts of economic dislocations — not just unemployment, but disemployment — the obsolescence of a lot of professions. But the marginal cost of goods and services will essentially go to zero, providing enough wealth that societies can provide a universal basic income for all. What you’re predicting makes me think of a 1930 piece by John Maynard Keynes called “The economic possibilities of our grandchildren.”
2024 January 19, Eric Larsen, “Vinod Khosla — Silicon Valley legend and early investor in OpenAI — on the coming AI revolution in medicine”, in Advisory Board (Lessons from the C-suite)Antonyms: employment, reemployment
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe state of being disemployed, or deprived of employment (as sometimes distinguished from unemployment).
Origin
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