What is price elasticity for AI jobs?

It's how demand for human labor craters as AI gets cheaper. Vital stat for policy — or mass unemployment.

Can SpaceX put data centers in space?

Theoretically, yes. Practically

Not overnight. But without elasticity data, governments botch the fix. Retrain now.

Picture this: your job vanishes overnight, courtesy of AI. Economists now demand massive data hunts to gauge the real damage — before it's too late.

theAIcatchup Apr 08, 2026 3 min read

Economists demand 'Manhattan Project' for AI price elasticity data to measure job displacement. 𝕏
SpaceX's orbital data centers face huge tech and regulatory barriers despite green hype. 𝕏
AI regulation battles intensify: Altman lobbies secretly, OpenAI targets Musk legally. 𝕏

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Originally reported by MIT Tech Review