41% of Employers Worldwide Say They’ll Reduce Staff by 2030 Due to AI

[rcjordan]

https://gizmodo.com/41-of-employers-worldwide-say-theyll-reduce-staff-by-2030-due-to-ai-2000548131

[Brad]

This will hit the Trump Admin hard.  It would hit any admin hard.

[ergophobe]

Saying and doing are two different things.

Why didn't electricity immediately change manufacturing?
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-40673694

On the other hand, AI has *already* affected workforces, but there is a bias in the media to think AI = LLM. They usually don't count any AI that rolled out before that. For example, all the predictive systems that allow JIT manufacturing and JIT inventory, that allow Kronos to minimally schedule based on weather and other patterns.

My take: AI has already eaten more jobs than people acknowledge and it will continue to do so, but probably at a rate slower than projected. Just saw an article on how many stores are ripping out self-checkout stations because they still require staff and when the machine makes an error, frustrated or confused or dishonest customers simply drop the item in the bag and don't pay.

[ergophobe]

>>  AI has *already* affected workforces

https://forklightning.substack.com/p/a-data-driven-case-that-ai-has-already