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useless class

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A segment of the population that can no longer contribute to society due to artificial intelligence having supplanted the roles they were previously able to fulfill.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, sciences, social-science, sociology

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History

Etymology

Coined by Israeli intellectual and historian Yuval Noah Harari in 2016.