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AI probably can't do your job yet. But it might get you fired anyway
Episode 678
Published 1 month ago
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Amazon fired 16,000 workers last month. Oracle is set to cut up to 30,000 more.
Tech layoffs have increasingly been attributed to AI. But Oxford Economics found something strange: there's no macroeconomic data showing AI is actually replacing jobs or boosting productivity.
In fact, output per worker is slowing, not accelerating.
So what's really happening? Host Rachel Varghese breaks it down.
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