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The Great White-Collar Unclenching: AI and the Future of Work | a Reflect Podcast by Ed Fassio
Published 5 months, 1 week ago
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Slack pings, calendar chaos, and the spreadsheet that might be alive—then AI shows up.
In this episode, we cut through the doom and the hype to ask: Will AI automate most white-collar work—and trigger high unemployment? Using the latest credible research (IMF, ILO, OECD, NBER, and major field studies), we unpack why task exposure ≠ job loss, what the data shows so far (mostly small-to-null labor market effects), and where the real near-term pain may land (entry-level squeeze, clerical disruption).
You’ll also hear our probability forecast: ~8% by 2030 and ~22% by 2035 for mass automation and sustained high unemployment—plus what could push that risk higher.
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