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In fact, for each 1 percentage point increase in MT usage, translator employment growth dropped by approximately 0.7 percentage points. Cumulatively, this effec
by frm88 10mo ago
In fact, for each 1 percentage point increase in MT usage, translator employment growth dropped by approximately 0.7 percentage points. Cumulatively, this effect translates into an estimated loss of about 28,000 new translator positions that might otherwise have been created over the 2010–2023 period.
https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/lost-translation-ais-impact-translators-and-foreign-language-skills https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/lost-translation-ais-impact-t...
- satvikpendem 10mo agoTalking about jobs that "might have been" created is disingenuous, the same as saying pirates "steal" copies they "might have" otherwise paid for. Even setting that aside, are there any confounding factors in that report? That would be my primary question because for many other industries, companies are using AI as the excuse, not the actual reason, to lay people off.