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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 | 2 comments | 28 Aug 25 14:13 UTC | HN request time: 0.432s | source
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muldvarp ◴[28 Aug 25 14:37 UTC] No.45052736[source]▶
Brutal that software engineering went from one of the least automatable jobs to a job that is universally agreed to be "most exposed to automation".

Was good while it lasted though.

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robotnikman ◴[28 Aug 25 21:15 UTC] No.45057129[source]▶
If it gets to the point where I can no longer find a tech job I am just going to buy a trailer, live somewhere cheap, and just make money doing odd jobs while spending most of my time programming what I want. I don't want to participate in a society where all I have for job options is a McJob or some Amazon warehouse.
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sandspar ◴[28 Aug 25 21:32 UTC] No.45057282[source]▶
>Buy a trailer, live somewhere cheap, do odd jobs

Unrelated to the discussion, but I love these kinds of backup plans. I've found that most guys I talk to have one. Just a few days ago a guy was telling me that, if his beloved wife ever divorces him, then he'd move to a tropical island and become a coconut seller.

(My personal plan: find a small town in the Sonoran Desert that has a good library, dig a hole under a nice big Saguaro cactus, then live out my days reading library books in my cool and shady cave.)

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1. triceratops ◴[29 Aug 25 00:04 UTC] No.45058419[source]▶
> he'd move to a tropical island and become a coconut seller.

Is there a visa for that? Doesn't seem feasible unless he lives in a country that has a tropical island already.

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2. mothballed ◴[29 Aug 25 12:13 UTC] No.45063042[source]▶
Due the compact free association, US citizen can permanently settle to live and work in Micronesia with no visa or even any real checks other than a quick look at the passport.