When it comes to the implications of this paradox in this new age of generative AI, this following paper highlights the pessimistic pathway described in the book "more work for mother" that you highlighted.
The Ethical Implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) For Meaningful Work
Overall, we show that AI has the potential to make work more meaningful for some workers by undertaking less meaningful tasks for them and amplifying their capabilities, but that it can also make work less meaningful for others by creating new boring tasks, restricting worker autonomy, and unfairly distributing the benefits of AI away from less-skilled workers. This suggests that AI’s future impacts on meaningful work will be both significant and mixed.
It seems like this post is trying to highlight Jevons Paradox without saying it explicitly . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox can you confirm that?
When it comes to the implications of this paradox in this new age of generative AI, this following paper highlights the pessimistic pathway described in the book "more work for mother" that you highlighted.
The Ethical Implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) For Meaningful Work
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10551-023-05339-7
Overall, we show that AI has the potential to make work more meaningful for some workers by undertaking less meaningful tasks for them and amplifying their capabilities, but that it can also make work less meaningful for others by creating new boring tasks, restricting worker autonomy, and unfairly distributing the benefits of AI away from less-skilled workers. This suggests that AI’s future impacts on meaningful work will be both significant and mixed.