"Ernst cited an Anthropic study released in March 2026 to support his first point—that real-world AI adoption lags theoretical capability"

"The European Union's AI Act (2024) does not explicitly address this scenario"

"Amazon's internal recruiting algorithm, deployed in 2014, was found to systematically downgrade female candidates"

"Ernst's concern about wage suppression through AI is not new—it echoes warnings from economists including Daron Acemoglu (MIT) and others who have argued that 「low-skill automation」 (machines that replace workers without creating new high-wage roles) poses a greater long-term threat than dramatic job loss"