There is like 160+ million workers in the US, 60% are going away? I dunno chief
Fit-Special-8416 on
It could, but would it?
theredditor58 on
People always say this about new technology and it rarely manifests people had the same worries about trains and factories 200 years ago
Sacmo77 on
Corps would love that. Erase people and make more profits.
supranes on
Then who will buy products?
malemysteries on
The only jobs that will be erased by AI are the jobs held by marketers trying to convince us that AI is a replacement for humans. The entire notion of using AI and artificial robots used prop up an economy rather than paying people a living wage … this will go down in history as one of the dumbest things humans have ever tried to do.
You can’t sell products to AI. Therefore you need to ensure people have money to buy products. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out what will happen when you have a few thousand rich people and millions who can’t eat.
CalligrapherWild7636 on
I´ll wait for the AI plumber then, and the AI carpenter and the AI farmer and AI electician
coguy450 on
Politicians are glossing over these reports. But mass unemployment would become a huge political issue. If we had 10%+ unemployment, people would be in the streets, setting waymo cars on fire, attacking robots in factories. Any political party wouldn’t get re-elected, and new politicians would be forced to adopt anti-AI policies. Hopefully none of that happens, but anything is possible.
pr0newbie on
Don’t worry, lowering interest rates will definitely cover this hole. It’s not like workers need to be remunerated fairly vs the top 10%.
LD2027 on
The job market will be fine. These things were said during the Industrial Revolution, the emergence of the internet etc. Jobs will disappear but new ones (including ones we can’t even imagine) will emerge.
Phobix on
Well, fortunately nobody needs to actually work in the richest country of the world. Right?
ThePlasticSturgeons on
Consumers will have to become accustomed to and accept a lot less in terms of quality, and they’re going to be asked to do this for the same or higher prices.
StaleSalesSnail on
Puts on jobs
EventHorizonbyGA on
There are only ~160M jobs in the US.
Scary-Flan5699 on
I wonder what the number is so far, there have already been tons of layoffs
Limebird02 on
Robots by 2030 will start to take labor as well. By 2040 there will be no jobs that humans need to do as a percentage (less than 1%) of work. Nobody knows how this will go. This has never happened in history.
tiggers97 on
Senate dem report? So actually about 10million jobs could be affected.
jankyt on
Every job that’s mostly a computer can be replaced by AI likely. Of course this would need so much energy and water for cooling we’d have to be Matrix-d into batteries
Rfunkpocket on
this morning, I probably bypassed a production crew of 12 before I took my head off my pillow
Rambler330 on
I think they confused AI with Trump.
mrplinko on
Bullshit
giraloco on
Great headline to get engagement. So tired of these meaningless predictions.
mrroofuis on
It’s a great thing birth rates are lower
Means less competition for the few jobs avaliable
HistorianOk142 on
Please tell me how this would somehow increase economic growth? Once you hit a certain point of job losses and little to no job growth you go into stagnation / recession. You have deflation. So I’m not sure why AI and doing more with less so people can be fired is a good thing.
kitkatkorgi on
They’ll replace housing for data centers. Take all the water. Use all the electricity. Thete will be no one left to consume their crap.
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Seems bad since there are only 163 million jobs.
There is like 160+ million workers in the US, 60% are going away? I dunno chief
It could, but would it?
People always say this about new technology and it rarely manifests people had the same worries about trains and factories 200 years ago
Corps would love that. Erase people and make more profits.
Then who will buy products?
The only jobs that will be erased by AI are the jobs held by marketers trying to convince us that AI is a replacement for humans. The entire notion of using AI and artificial robots used prop up an economy rather than paying people a living wage … this will go down in history as one of the dumbest things humans have ever tried to do.
You can’t sell products to AI. Therefore you need to ensure people have money to buy products. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out what will happen when you have a few thousand rich people and millions who can’t eat.
I´ll wait for the AI plumber then, and the AI carpenter and the AI farmer and AI electician
Politicians are glossing over these reports. But mass unemployment would become a huge political issue. If we had 10%+ unemployment, people would be in the streets, setting waymo cars on fire, attacking robots in factories. Any political party wouldn’t get re-elected, and new politicians would be forced to adopt anti-AI policies. Hopefully none of that happens, but anything is possible.
Don’t worry, lowering interest rates will definitely cover this hole. It’s not like workers need to be remunerated fairly vs the top 10%.
The job market will be fine. These things were said during the Industrial Revolution, the emergence of the internet etc. Jobs will disappear but new ones (including ones we can’t even imagine) will emerge.
Well, fortunately nobody needs to actually work in the richest country of the world. Right?
Consumers will have to become accustomed to and accept a lot less in terms of quality, and they’re going to be asked to do this for the same or higher prices.
Puts on jobs
There are only ~160M jobs in the US.
I wonder what the number is so far, there have already been tons of layoffs
Robots by 2030 will start to take labor as well. By 2040 there will be no jobs that humans need to do as a percentage (less than 1%) of work. Nobody knows how this will go. This has never happened in history.
Senate dem report? So actually about 10million jobs could be affected.
Every job that’s mostly a computer can be replaced by AI likely. Of course this would need so much energy and water for cooling we’d have to be Matrix-d into batteries
this morning, I probably bypassed a production crew of 12 before I took my head off my pillow
I think they confused AI with Trump.
Bullshit
Great headline to get engagement. So tired of these meaningless predictions.
It’s a great thing birth rates are lower
Means less competition for the few jobs avaliable
Please tell me how this would somehow increase economic growth? Once you hit a certain point of job losses and little to no job growth you go into stagnation / recession. You have deflation. So I’m not sure why AI and doing more with less so people can be fired is a good thing.
They’ll replace housing for data centers. Take all the water. Use all the electricity. Thete will be no one left to consume their crap.