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Consumer convenience and worker security can move in different directions as automation spreads.
Attributed contributors: Martin Smith. “Consumer convenience and worker security can move in different directions as automation spreads..” Setting the day. ECOSYSTEM Summit, Barcelona, 17 September 2026. Session time 2:52–4:19. https://cs-ecosystem.commonshare.workers.dev/evidence/E-8f3d160d1fef
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Consumer convenience and worker security can move in different directions as automation spreads.
Proposed mechanism: Lower service friction may coexist with weaker labour returns.
Conditions: Effects depend on work and market arrangements.
Limit: Future AI capabilities are rhetorical scenarios, not specifications.
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