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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 | 8 comments | 28 Aug 25 14:13 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source | bottom
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kerblang ◴[28 Aug 25 22:27 UTC] No.45057750[source]▶
High interest rates + tariff terror -> less investment -> less jobs

But let's blame AI

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ToValueFunfetti ◴[28 Aug 25 23:15 UTC] No.45058100[source]▶
You really do have to account for why this is mainly happening in industries that are adopting AI, why it's almost exclusively impacting entry-level positions (with senior positions steady or growing), and why controlling for broad economic conditions failed to correct this. I doubt very much that these three Stanford professors would be blindsided by the concept of rates and tarriffs.
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1. PhantomHour ◴[29 Aug 25 00:08 UTC] No.45058444[source]▶
> You really do have to account for why this is mainly happening in industries that are adopting AI

Correlation is not causation. The original research paper does not prove a connection.

> I doubt very much that these three Stanford professors would be blindsided by the concept of rates and tarriffs.

They are nonetheless subject to publish or perish pressure and have strong incentives to draw publishable attention-grabbing results even where the data is inconclusive.

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2. mensetmanusman ◴[29 Aug 25 00:11 UTC] No.45058465[source]▶
Tariffs are just a massive government revenue generating consumption tax on particular industries. We would expect unemployment among the young trying to enter those industries to be hit hardest.
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3. hollerith ◴[29 Aug 25 00:13 UTC] No.45058476[source]▶
Do you understand that American employers don't have to pay American tariffs?
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4. dragonwriter ◴[29 Aug 25 00:14 UTC] No.45058492{3}[source]▶
> Do you understand that American employers don't have to pay American tariffs?

Except they do, if their raw materials, tools, etc., are imported.

5. mensetmanusman ◴[29 Aug 25 00:17 UTC] No.45058520{3}[source]▶
Everyone pays mate
6. pasquinelli ◴[29 Aug 25 00:35 UTC] No.45058634{3}[source]▶
i'm curious who you think pays american tarrifs
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7. hollerith ◴[29 Aug 25 01:43 UTC] No.45059097{4}[source]▶
You first
8. blitzar ◴[29 Aug 25 09:13 UTC] No.45061897[source]▶
> I doubt very much that these three Stanford professors would be blindsided by the concept of rates and tarriffs.

Digital Economy Lab and the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence

I fully expect that these professors would be blindsided by even the most rudimentary real world economics.