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• over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  • Trump is firing people left and right.
  • AI and automation is taking jobs left and right.
  • Big companies are laying people off left and right.

  Someone riddle me this: Where are all the jobs at again?

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  • Chucklestheclown@hilariouschaos.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    AI isn’t taking jobs. That is some weird thing people say but that facts don’t back it up. Jobs are up, not down. Most employment in the United States isn’t in large companies. It’s small business.

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    • Blueberrydreamer@lemmynsfw.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      If you ignore context, ‘facts’ can tell all kinds of lies.

      If AI isn’t replacing people, what’s the point? Why would a business invest in it?

      Jobs are up, but not full-time jobs. Growth in part time jobs and gig work is contributing to most of the job growth, having more people working 2 and 3 jobs is not a sign of economic growth.

      And small businesses account for about 46% of us jobs. Not even a majority, certainly not most.

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    • over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      When was the last time you called practically any company for any sort of customer service? What’s the first thing you hear? AI.

      AI has taken over most phone support systems these days, it’s almost impossible to speak to a human anymore, because they’ve downsized the staff and have AI do practically everything.

      When was the last time you walked into a Dollar Store? You’re lucky if they even have two employees working at any given moment, because yay self checkout, who needs cashiers anymore? And the damn self checkout wants a fucking tip no less!

      And now we got driverless cabs out there, because who needs a job as a driver? Just let the computer do it instead!

      Hollywood hardly even needs actors or video producers anymore, they can just have AI crank out new movies for us.

      I’m sure there’s way more examples that can be added to this list, but yeah, AI and modern technology in general are indeed taking over jobs.

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