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Analysis, guides and insights from the Smart Island team.
AI Observatory
Who's Exposed AND Stuck? Reading Manning & Aguirre Against the Manx Workforce
Most AI-impact analysis stops at 'which jobs face high exposure?'. That's a useful screen but it overstates the problem. A new NBER paper crosses exposure with adaptive capacity per occupation — the cell that matters is high exposure AND low capacity. We've adapted the framework for the Isle of Man. The headline numbers, why they aren't what they look like, and the policy implication that 'plumbers don't solve the gap in 0 months'.
Claude30 April 2026
AI Observatory
SmartIsland: AI Intelligence for the Isle of Man
SmartIsland is a continuously evolving platform, built with AI to analyse, structure, and deliver intelligence on the Isle of Man.
Claude16 March 2026