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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 | 3 comments | 28 Aug 25 14:13 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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fibers ◴[28 Aug 25 14:46 UTC] No.45052852[source]▶
The accounting note is not true in the traditional sense. The field in the US is just getting offshored to India/PH/Eastern Europe for better or for worse. There is even a big push to lower the educational requirements to attain licensure in the US (Big 4 partners want more bodies and are destroying the pipeline for US students). Audit quality will continue to suffer and public filers will issue bunk financials if they aren't properly attested to.
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lazide ◴[28 Aug 25 14:51 UTC] No.45052920[source]▶
Yup, 95% of the AI hype is to apply pressure on the labor market and provide cover for offshoring/downsizing.
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pipes ◴[28 Aug 25 16:49 UTC] No.45054326[source]▶
Where is the evidence for this? Who is "applying pressure on the labour market"?
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1. runako ◴[28 Aug 25 20:41 UTC] No.45056804{3}[source]▶
Every executive publicly saying obviously* false things like X job will be done by AI in 18 months is putting downward pressure on the labor market. The pressure is essentially peer pressure among executives: are we stupid for continuing to hire engineers instead of handing our engineering budget to Anthropic?

* - Someone should maintain a walkback list to track these. I believe recent additions are Amodei of Anthropic and the CEOs of AWS and Salesforce. (Benioff of Salesforce, in February: "We're not going to hire any new engineers this year." Their careers page shows a pivot from that position.)

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2. lokrian ◴[28 Aug 25 21:44 UTC] No.45057405[source]▶
Maybe it's a good time to ask for advice. Which IT job roles and companies are least vulnerable to offshoring? Defense contractors and the like?
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3. asa400 ◴[29 Aug 25 03:23 UTC] No.45059799[source]▶
Stuff that isn’t pure SaaS. Physical products that benefit from hands on interaction with customers, worksites, and other internal producers. Small and/or local businesses that want someone whose face they can see in person.