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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe AI future is already here New data confirms it: Companies are hiring less in roles that AI can do
https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-hiring-white-collar-recession-jobs-tech-new-data-2025-6
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The AI future is already here New data confirms it: Companies are hiring less in roles that AI can do (Original Post)
CentralMass
Jun 2025
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SheltieLover
(76,919 posts)1. I've already had people tell me they've lost jobs to ai!
Medical scribes & clerical workers.
Not a pretty picture!
Ai should be illegal, imo.
CentralMass
(16,862 posts)2. I think it is going eliminate a lot of jobs.
SheltieLover
(76,919 posts)6. Yes, it will.
The scourage of our existence, imo.
And, if you think about it, wth wants their medical records to be entered by hallucinating ai?
And where are the ai records being sold?
Renew Deal
(84,709 posts)3. Why should it be illegal?
Did you know that DU's technology is a form of AI? So is a calculator.
Oopsie Daisy
(6,670 posts)4. Typewriters and printing presses took away the jobs of scribes.
And the automotive industry completely destroyed the buggy whip making industry. Rotary dial and touch tone killed off the switchboard operator.
Renew Deal
(84,709 posts)5. Right
Technology will advance. That's the nature of things. It's also not just about things being replaced. There are new opportunities. For example, the technology used to create vaccines mitigated the impact of Covid.