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> I have not heard of a single person actually losing their job to AI People are losing jobs to AI. It is in the form of layoffs so that companies can invest i

> I have not heard of a single person actually losing their job to AI People are losing jobs to AI. It is in the form of layoffs so that companies can invest in AI, it is in the form of lower hiring of junior engineers because AI is supposed to do those jobs, it is in the form of silent reductions because less people are expected to do more using AI, it is in the form of entire job roles being replaced (customer success), it is in the form of second order market effects of reduced spending from people who lost their jobs, and much more.

satvikpendem 10mo ago
Read my comment again. They are not losing them to AI, they are losing them to all the other factors you mentioned, most of which are economic. There is no way that an LLM for example is fully capable of entirely replacing an individual human's job at this current point in time.
- darth_avocado 10mo ago
  Respectfully, you need to look at what I said. “People are losing jobs over AI…” My follow up expands on it. You are arguing that LLMs are not capable of entirely replacing a human’s job therefore people are not losing jobs over AI is extremely bad faith. If a machine in a factory automates 50% of a worker’s job, it still replaces half the workers. The factory won’t employ the same number of people and the people absolutely lost their jobs to automation.
  - satvikpendem 10mo ago
    But it's not AI they're losing jobs over, that's my point, because no AI can replicate a full human employee's work. They are losing their jobs over other indirect conditions like economic ones, if they even are which I don't see any actual evidence of beyond, as I said, ZIRP ending induced layoffs and similar.
    - bloppe 10mo ago
      https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/11/06/dont-blame-ai-for-your-job-woes?giftId=NjkzM2U3NmItNGU5ZS00MDk1LWI0ZWYtNjNkMTY0ZjRkNWUy&utm_campaign=gifted_article https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/11/06/d... I'm sure you could argue endlessly about which factors are more important to more people, but overall employment does appear to be reverting to its longer-term trends after pandemic disruptions, and these kinds of corrections have historically impacted junior positions much more than senior positions.

satvikpendem 10mo ago

Read my comment again. They are not losing them to AI, they are losing them to all the other factors you mentioned, most of which are economic. There is no way that an LLM for example is fully capable of entirely replacing an individual human's job at this current point in time.

darth_avocado 10mo ago
Respectfully, you need to look at what I said. “People are losing jobs over AI…” My follow up expands on it. You are arguing that LLMs are not capable of entirely replacing a human’s job therefore people are not losing jobs over AI is extremely bad faith. If a machine in a factory automates 50% of a worker’s job, it still replaces half the workers. The factory won’t employ the same number of people and the people absolutely lost their jobs to automation.
- satvikpendem 10mo ago
  But it's not AI they're losing jobs over, that's my point, because no AI can replicate a full human employee's work. They are losing their jobs over other indirect conditions like economic ones, if they even are which I don't see any actual evidence of beyond, as I said, ZIRP ending induced layoffs and similar.
  - bloppe 10mo ago
    https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/11/06/dont-blame-ai-for-your-job-woes?giftId=NjkzM2U3NmItNGU5ZS00MDk1LWI0ZWYtNjNkMTY0ZjRkNWUy&utm_campaign=gifted_article https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/11/06/d... I'm sure you could argue endlessly about which factors are more important to more people, but overall employment does appear to be reverting to its longer-term trends after pandemic disruptions, and these kinds of corrections have historically impacted junior positions much more than senior positions.