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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: 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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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. legulere ◴[29 Aug 25 09:40 UTC] No.45062045[source]▶
It also means that with lower costs your service becomes more attractive and maybe attracts more customers, so might even grow the number of workers.

This is known as Jevons Paradox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox

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2. laughing_man ◴[29 Aug 25 19:41 UTC] No.45068504[source]▶
Yes, and a lot of people have gone broke assuming unlimited demand for the services they provide.