What labor data actually reveals about AI's impact on jobs
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Summary
The article challenges the widespread hysteria about AI wiping out jobs, arguing that current labor statistics do not support doomsday scenarios. While acknowledging that AI could cause disruption in the future, the author contends that the data so far shows a more nuanced reality, and that we should pay attention to what the numbers actually reveal rather than succumbing to fear-based predictions about the labor market.
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Everyone in the AI community, it seems, is predicting that the technology will soon wipe out jobs, and everyone, it also seems, knows some young wannabe workers who can't find one.
But maybe we should pay attention to what the data is showing us. And right now, the numbers paint a...
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