AI's real threat to the job market isn't job loss, it's lower paychecks, new research says
People are sick of AI; they’re sick of predictions that AI will take your job, and they’re sick of the supposedly smartest economists around failing to explain what is happening. Perfect timing, then, for a new theory that ties all of the threads together in an elegant explanation: AI isn’t wiping out jobs, but it is cutting wages.
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People are sick of AI; they’re sick of predictions that AI will take your job, and they’re sick of the supposedly smartest economists around failing to explain what is happening. Perfect timing, then, for a new theory that ties all of the threads together in an elegant explanation: AI isn’t wiping out jobs, but it is cutting wages. No wonder workers are in revolt. New research from Apollo Global Management shows the technology’s earliest measurable damage isn’t job losses, but smaller paychecks.
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- What's the story?
- People are sick of AI; they’re sick of predictions that AI will take your job, and they’re sick of the supposedly smartest economists around failing to explain what is happening. Perfect timing, then, for a new theory that ties all of the threads together in an elegant explanation: AI isn’t wiping out jobs, but it is cutting wages.
- How widely is it covered?
- 2 outlets, average source rating 6.0/10.
- When was it last updated?
- 11m ago.
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Nearly a third of workers admit to sabotaging their company’s AI—and smaller paychecks may explain why
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AI's real threat to the job market isn't job loss, it's lower paychecks, new research says
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