Yahoo Finance ：What AI means for jobs and the future of labor

Recent restructurings fueled by AI and tech sector layoffs are raising alarm bells for workers. But are these decisions actually affirming laborers’ long-held beliefs of replacement via automation? AI Now Institute Co-Founder and Chief Advisor Meredith Whittaker notes that similar assumptions on AI “have been rolled back” in the past.
“We need a grain of skepticism here, and I think we need to look at the role that AI plays in providing a pretext for cutting jobs,” Whittaker, also the president of the Signal Foundation, tells Yahoo Finance, citing Hollywood writers’ protests against studios’ adoption of AI programs.
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