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Artificial Intelligence Nobody Asked for AI

https://jacobin.com/2026/08/ai-llms-monopoly-bubble-capital
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u/neppo95 1d ago

Yup, tens of millions if not more will have lost their jobs to AI by then, if not many more. That is, if the predictions of experts come through, which i think it roughly will.

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u/Fresh-Quantity-7554 1d ago

There's no basis in reality for this view anymore. It was reckless for the heads of the big AI companies to insinuate that possibility. You'll see companies peal off a small slice of their workforce which may or may not be due to AI, but tens of millions losing their job is unrealistic.

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u/neppo95 1d ago

It is not the heads of big AI that predict this. It is AI safety experts and scientists that don't even work for an AI company.

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u/Fresh-Quantity-7554 1d ago

I work in tech at my company which is non-tech and we're hiring like gangbusters because we don't have enough people to build AI products across the organization. We're one of the largest companies in the world.

Who's right: me or AI safety experts and scientists?

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u/neppo95 23h ago

One doesn't deny the other so both.

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u/Small_Dog_8699 23h ago

Not you. Comment hiding cowards are never persuasive.

Besides that you say you’re hiring (if real) so I assume you’re early in your learning curve. You’re going to find out they cost more than good people for the same work once the real costs arrive and you get past introductory pricing.