arXiv:2605.27399cs.CYcs.AI2026-05

AI替代人力看似提效,实则透支未来能力,埋下长期脆弱隐患。

Short-Term Gain, Long-Term Fragility: AI Labor Substitution and the Erosion of Sustainable Capability

论文配图:Short-Term Gain, Long-Term Fragility: AI Labor Substitution and the Erosion of Sustainable Capability
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  • 提出能力掩蔽与侵蚀机制:AI生成物让人误以为能力已转移,实则依赖仍存。
  • 实证显示代码生成需大量人工验证,正确性、可维护性、安全性均不均衡。
  • 适合关注组织可持续性、技术治理与长期战略的管理者与政策制定者。

表面看,用AI替代人力是技术进步的理性选择,但这种做法往往具有结构性短视。在软件开发等知识产业中,AI因能降低人力成本、加速产出并提升短期指标而日益受青睐。然而,这些短期收益可能以消耗难以建立且难以恢复的人类能力为代价。本文揭示了在AI劳动替代下的能力掩蔽与侵蚀机制:AI生成内容虽看似替代了组织能力,但实际仍高度依赖熟练人力。实证表明,AI辅助编码的输出仍需大量人工验证,且在正确性、可维护性和安全性上表现不均;仓库级研究也显示其对代码库整体上下文的理解有限。更广泛来看,劳动力市场、政治经济与产业战略证据表明,替代压力主要来自管理成本激励和国家竞争,加剧了集中化与平台控制风险。最终,系统短期内看似高效,长期却更易脆弱。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

What looks like acceleration can be a quiet transfer of burden from the present to the future. Attempts to replace human labor with AI systems are often presented as rational responses to technological progress, but that view is often structurally short-sighted. Across software development and adjacent knowledge industries, AI is increasingly attractive because it appears to reduce labor costs, speed output, and improve short-term metrics. Yet those gains may be achieved by drawing down human capabilities that are slow to build and difficult to restore. This paper develops a mechanism of capability masking and capability erosion under AI labor substitution. AI-generated output can create the appearance that organizational capability has been replaced, even when dependence on skilled human labor remains. That appearance can support hiring restraint while slower costs accumulate in the background. Evidence from AI-assisted coding shows that generated output still requires substantial human verification and remains uneven in correctness, maintainability, and security. Repository-level studies also suggest limits in handling broader codebase context. More broadly, labor-market, political-economy, and industrial-strategy evidence suggests that substitution pressures are being driven by managerial cost incentives and national competition while increasing risks of concentration and platform control. The result is a system that may look more efficient in the short term while becoming more fragile over time.

AI替代可持续性能力侵蚀组织韧性

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