alt Hacker NewsWhat's total US annual payrolls? I don't think it's beyond the order of $20 trillion. So they're going to have to replace something on the order of magnitude of half of all jobs OR "create" the difference, in terms of jobs going to AI.
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missedthecue • today at 8:54 PM
1. This is global, not USA only
2. Global GDP will be ~$165T by 2031
3. This is not $6T of ChatGPT subscription revenue. The article actually specifically says of the $6T, $200-$400B would be subscription and AI app revenue in 2031.
4. The $6T figure is AI "economic enablement". Drugs, robotics, research, coding, manufacturing, materials, etc...
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ai-x • today at 8:45 PM
Why are you restricting it to US?
It's less* than that, and if AI replaces workers at that scale it will create such a problem* the system would fall before these companies manage to demonstrate they escaped bankruptcy.
*https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessreview/2026/09/22/how-americ...