AI might replace all of the jobs; that’s only a problem if you think that humans will care, but if they care, they will create new jobs.
What happens when AI replaces the parts of work people love?
We’re using AI to move faster. I’m not yet convinced we’re using it to work better.
Pluralistic: Which jobs can be replaced with AI? (06 Aug 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
I don't think AI can do your job (but I do think an AI salesman can convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an AI that can't do your job). However, there is a class of workers whose jobs can be performed perfectly by AI: workers with bullshit jobs:
Companies That Tried to Save Money With AI Are Now Spending a Fortune Hiring People to Fix Its Mistakes
Companies that rushed to replace human labor with AI are now shelling out to have IRL workers to fix the technology's screwups.
Will AI Destroy the Economy? (According to Economists: No.) | AI Reality Check | Cal Newport
Why are workers so worried about AI? Listen to how business leaders talk about it
Concerns about AI pushing humans out of jobs may be a bit overstated, but the anxiety being felt by workers related to technology is real and nuanced.
Companies rushed in on AI. Now some are pulling back
Rapid AI adoption left workers cleaning up a flood of errors and low-quality work
The people who actually want AI to replace humanity
We need to create a new humanism before the “AI successionists” win.
The people who actually want AI to replace humanity
We need to create a new humanism before the “AI successionists” win.
Tech companies are cutting jobs and betting on AI. The payoff is far from guaranteed
AI experts say we’re living in an experiment that may fundamentally change the model of work
Workers around the world are not getting what they want from AI
A survey of workers in 60 countries found that a majority of those facing the threat of AI-driven job loss do not trust companies or governments to manage the transition fairly.
Globally, More People Expect AI to Cause Job Loss Than Growth
Amid a mix of concern and excitement about AI, a 37-country survey finds pessimism about its potential impact on jobs and economic inequality.
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Does anyone disagree that pretty much every piece of empirical evidence we have about actually existing AI points toward a labor-augmenting technology with a more-or-less ordinary risk profile (no worse than cars, guns, nuclear power, social media, etc.)?On the labor front, the…— Nathan Witkin (@NateWitkin) October 5, 2026
BREAKING: Stanford just surveyed 1,500 workers and AI experts about which jobs AI will actually replace and automate. Turns out, we've been building AI for all the WRONG jobs. Here's what they discovered: (hint: the "AI takeover" is happening backwards)
BREAKING: Stanford just surveyed 1,500 workers and AI experts about which jobs AI will actually replace and automate.Turns out, we've been building AI for all the WRONG jobs.Here's what they discovered:(hint: the "AI takeover" is happening backwards) pic.twitter.com/2nX8UMdaBh— Ruben Hassid (@rubenhassid) June 17, 2025
AI Has No Wisdom and Neither Will You
Certainly the industry is transforming, however, the people and organizations falling into the trap of no longer reading and writing code only do so at their peril.
Why AI hasn’t replaced software engineers, and won’t
Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kappor take on the question of AI job losses through the lens of a profession that is uniquely suited to AI disruption - software engineering. In …