Artificial intelligence can already replace 11.7% of the U.S. labor market, across finance, health care and professional services, according to MIT's study.

The highest unemployment rate during the great depression was 24%. The knockon effects of almost 12% of the ecconomy losing work will make that pale in comparison. But hey, this 12% is probably just at the beginning. After all, AI is the worst it will ever be.

This seems like a recipe for guillotines or UBI. Wonder wich the rich will choose?

Edir: was he the first of many?

  • gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de
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    5 days ago

    I think an especially interesting use case for AI is yearly cancer screening. Instead of doing screening only every 5-10 years (and only for specific body parts), you could screen yearly, if the costs of the tests drop dramatically. As we all know, early detection is key to effective treatment.