“Are They Starting To Take Our Jobs?” by Zvi

Is generative AI making it harder for young people to find jobs?

My answer is:

1. Yes, definitely, in terms of for any given job that exists finding the job and getting hired. That's getting harder. AI is most definitely screwing up that process.


2. Yes, probably, in terms of employment in automation-impacted sectors. It always seemed odd to think otherwise, and this week's new study has strong evidence here.


3. Maybe, overall, in terms of the jobs available (excluding search and matching effects from #1), because AI should be increasing employment in areas not being automated yet, and that effect can be small and still dominate.
   

The claims go back and forth on the employment effects of AI. As Derek Thompson points out, if you go by articles in the popular press, we’ve gone from ‘possibly’ to ‘definitely yes’ to ‘almost certainly no’ until what Derek [...]

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First published:

August 27th, 2025

Source:

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/z38K3ELXSWde8TqnL/are-they-starting-to-take-our-jobs

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