Beneath the surface, there have been a few signs and plenty of anecdata that artificial intelligence (AI) may be hitting the jobs market for a while. But harder numbers may now be emerging. Maybe.
Kevin Roose, writing in the New York Times (May 30):
This month, millions of young people will graduate from college and look for work in industries that have little use for their skills, view them as expensive and expendable, and are rapidly phasing out their jobs in favor of artificial intelligence.
That is the troubling conclusion of my conversations over the past several months with economists, corporate executives and young job-seekers, many of whom pointed to an emerging crisis for entry-level workers that appears to be fueled, at least in part, by rapid advances in A.I. ...
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