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If this is true for grasping internal differences within the transformationalist standpoint, it is equally so for understanding the general debate between sceptics and transformationalists. Representing current lines of division in this debate between those that argue AI produces a world of massive and unending change – the transformationalists – and those who consider technological shifts as simply business as usual for the economy – the sceptics – is overly simplistic. Reductive as it may be, however, this is not to say that such exaggerated characterizations of the sceptics and their critics fail to influence broader public arguments about, and social policy shaping, AI and its consequences. Although the debate between sceptics and transformationalists cannot be said to have been particularly illuminating – the participants in these exchanges too often talk past one another – it does highlight that these broad standpoints shape many diverse arguments and opinions about AI, advanced robotics and accelerating automation. There are many different positions and interpretations of sceptical and transformationalist views of AI – with overlapping areas of consensus as well as contention – and these are vital for making sense of the consequences of AI.