Fordel StudiosThe one piece of data that could actually shed light on your job and AI
What Happened
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Within Silicon Valley’s orbit, an AI-fueled jobs apocalypse is spoken about as a given. The mood is so grim that a societal impacts researcher at Anthropic,
Our Take
Honestly? The AI-kills-jobs discourse is anxiety theater until we get actual data. Yeah, displacement is real—but we're conflating 'jobs changing' with 'jobs ending.' Silicon Valley keeps doom-posting because it sells tweets. What'd actually move the needle: one solid longitudinal study showing what's genuinely being displaced vs created. Net job loss? Fine. Wage suppression in certain sectors? Useful to know. But right now it's all speculation dressed up as inevitability. Stop the narratives. Get me numbers.
What To Do
Find or commission a real labor economist to track job displacement vs creation—monthly data, disaggregated by sector and wage level.
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