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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: 0s | 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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TrackerFF ◴[29 Aug 25 05:13 UTC] No.45060461[source]▶
Video and graphical designers? I’m not saying this with optimism, but rather as as observation.

I know a handful of digital marketers, that work for different marketing firms - and the use of GenAI for those tasks have exploded. Usually tasks which they either had in-house people, or freelancers do the work.

Now they just do it themselves.

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visarga ◴[29 Aug 25 06:19 UTC] No.45060808[source]▶
No it can't replace graphical designers except in low stakes projects. Companies won't risk their projects on cheap AI with other larger costs on the line.
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1. matwood ◴[29 Aug 25 09:02 UTC] No.45061820{3}[source]▶
Instead of replace, think reduce. A graphical designer/lead might have farmed out some work to a contractor, with AI they now just do it themselves. It doesn't look like 'cheap AI' because they used the tools to augment their skills - not replace.

I don't know what it is about AI that makes people think in absolutes.