AI Job Displacement

The cluster centers on debates about whether AI is replacing human jobs, featuring skepticism, irony, and concerns over employment impacts amid claims of minimal job losses.

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Keywords

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Sample Comments

If an AI is potentially putting you out of a job, maybe it's time to rethink your job.

fragmede Dec 4, 2025 View on HN

Wait, I thought AI was gonna put us all out of jobs tho.

paulddraper Sep 30, 2023 View on HN

I thought AI taking our jobs was a bad thing?

reportgunner Feb 11, 2025 View on HN

People really believe that companies are firing because AI will replace them ?

Dreako Feb 3, 2023 View on HN

I was told ai was taking away our jobs, was that a lie?

dwnw Jan 22, 2025 View on HN

I thought the business prop for AI was that it eliminates jobs?

kumarharsh Jun 17, 2023 View on HN

I guess they'll use it to write articles about how jobs are getting lost due to AI

hooverd Jun 17, 2025 View on HN

huh, the whole point of this AI is to replace said jobs though.

buf Apr 3, 2023 View on HN

There are two types of people:1. People afraid AI will take their jobs2. People using AI to take people's jobs

m3kw9 Mar 19, 2023 View on HN

You lost me when you say AI threatening to take jobs as one of the comparables