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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 | 1 comments | 28 Aug 25 14:13 UTC | HN request time: 0.235s | source
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bilsbie ◴[28 Aug 25 21:47 UTC] No.45057433[source]▶
AI is the popular cover excuse for layoffs.

I can’t think of a single job that modern AI could easily replace.

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laughing_man ◴[29 Aug 25 05:06 UTC] No.45060417[source]▶
It doesn't have to replace people on a one-for-one basis to cause job losses. Let's say LLMs make your developers 50% more efficient. Doesn't it stand to reason you can lay off the lowest performing 33% and get the same amount (or more) of work?
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1. dijit ◴[29 Aug 25 05:41 UTC] No.45060625[source]▶
there hasn’t been a single study that concludes any benefits to AI yet.

Either it’s a cover for something or people are a bit too overzealous to believe in gains that haven’t materialised yet.