{"id":22043,"date":"2026-02-19T13:37:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T12:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/19\/the-rise-of-ai-is-making-the-future-of-work-look-bleak-but-it-could-be-an-opportunity\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T13:37:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T12:37:20","slug":"the-rise-of-ai-is-making-the-future-of-work-look-bleak-but-it-could-be-an-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/19\/the-rise-of-ai-is-making-the-future-of-work-look-bleak-but-it-could-be-an-opportunity\/","title":{"rendered":"The rise of AI is making the future of work look bleak \u2013 but it could be an opportunity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New technology has workers spooked, but experts say it\u2019s creating an opening for a resurgence in worker power<\/p>\n<p>In 2026, it\u2019s a scary time to work for a living.<\/p>\n<p>Gone are the days of quiet quitting, the Great Resignation, and the highly visible union-organizing battles that began the decade and signaled that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/recode\/22841490\/work-remote-wages-labor-force-participation-great-resignation-unions-quits\">perhaps worker power was on the rise<\/a> again in the US. Instead, much of that momentum is being crowded out of our minds by anxieties: a worsening affordability crisis, geopolitical instability, and the specter of artificial intelligence looming over the workplace.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/ng-interactive\/2026\/feb\/19\/ai-work-future\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/e4182b4a4822120bf8fbe8a4541c240fddc9c670\/0_900_2204_1762\/master\/2204.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=21da0ceae9cf7319406a088f3a849f47\" title=\"The rise of AI is making the future of work look bleak \u2013 but it could be an opportunity\" \/>New technology has workers spooked, but experts say it\u2019s creating an opening for a resurgence in worker power<br \/>\nIn 2026, it\u2019s a scary time to work for a living.<br \/>\nGone are the days of quiet quitting, the Great Resignation, and the highly visible union-organizing battles that began the decade and signaled that perhaps worker power was on the rise again in the US. Instead, much of that momentum is being crowded out of our minds by anxieties: a worsening affordability crisis, geopolitical instability, and the specter of artificial intelligence looming over the workplace. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New technology has workers spooked, but experts say it\u2019s creating an opening for a resurgence in worker power In 2026, it\u2019s a scary time to work for a living. Gone are the days of quiet quitting, the Great Resignation, and the highly visible union-organizing battles that began the decade and signaled that perhaps worker power &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/19\/the-rise-of-ai-is-making-the-future-of-work-look-bleak-but-it-could-be-an-opportunity\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The rise of AI is making the future of work look bleak \u2013 but it could be an opportunity<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":22044,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22043"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}