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AI adoption linked to 13% decline in jobs for young U.S. workers: study

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440 points pseudolus | 5 comments | 28 Aug 25 14:13 UTC | HN request time: 0.575s | source
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techpineapple ◴[28 Aug 25 14:24 UTC] No.45052548[source]▶
I’m suss about this paper when it makes this claim:

“where AI is more likely to automate, rather than augment , human labor.”

Where is AI currently automating human labor? Not Software Engineering. Or - what’s the difference between AI that augments me so I can do the job of three people and AI that “automates human labor”

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1. lotsofpulp ◴[28 Aug 25 14:39 UTC] No.45052757[source]▶
What is the effective difference between augment and automate? Either way, fewer man hours are needed to produce the same output.
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2. JumpCrisscross ◴[28 Aug 25 14:47 UTC] No.45052862[source]▶
> What is the effective difference between augment and automate?

If the field has a future.

3. stonemetal12 ◴[28 Aug 25 15:27 UTC] No.45053413[source]▶
If your job is to swing a hammer, then hammer swinging robot automates your job.

If your job is to swing a hammer, then drill robot augments your job (your job is now swing hammer and drill hole).

How that is different from drill bot automating human driller's job is an exercise left to the reader.

4. HPsquared ◴[28 Aug 25 15:33 UTC] No.45053506[source]▶
The total output isn't going to stay the same, though.
5. marcosdumay ◴[29 Aug 25 00:50 UTC] No.45058731[source]▶
> What is the effective difference between augment and automate?

The paper says one of those is impacted, and the other isn't.

So, yeah, not only that's what the GP is asking, but I'd like to know it too.