alt Hacker NewsI'll need to look at the underlying data, but it seems that the job "classification/category" should be more important than the raw number. A boost in lower paid/service industry jobs does not mean that there wasn't a loss in a category where AI can be more easily dropped into existing businesses.
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Ancapistani • today at 6:41 PM
What would cause an increase in the number of open lower paid and/or service industry jobs while simultaneously reducing the number of openings in tech?
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themafia • today at 8:21 PM
AI can't flip burgers?
o_nate • today at 6:28 PM
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Average weekly and hourly earnings were up in May [1], though “real average hourly earnings for all employees decreased 0.5 percent from March to April, seasonally adjusted” [2].
Nominal wages being up rejects the hypothesis that folks are being downsized into lower-paying roles.
[1] https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t19.htm
[2] https://www.bls.gov/news.release/realer.nr0.htm