Human labor is expensive. That's the capitalistic incentive to replace humans with AI. It's just math.
AI is being taught how to do your job. Will AI replace us, or just change the way we work?
60 Minutes reports on the growing industry of experts training AI to perform skilled jobs, raising questions about whether these systems will replace workers or reshape their roles.
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11 million is conservative, and so is the timeline. This will happen faster and at a larger scale than this estimation.
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AI will displace labor like no other technology in history. Will they migrate to the trades?
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Robots + AI can't do human physical labor jobs better — today. But plot the trend with a longer lens and you'll see where it's headed.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom bans AI 'robo bosses' in landmark state law, reversing his earlier vetoCalifornia enacted a law barring employers from using AI systems alone to fire workers, the first such state rule, setting a precedent for how algorithmic management is regulated.
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Preventing AI from directly firing humans is a good thing. But as AI becomes further superhuman genius, will the sentiment hold?
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Kurzgesagt: AI Just Crossed the Terrifying Line - Now What?Kurzgesagt's animated explainer walks through what it calls a turning point in AI capability and the risks that follow, a widely watched framing that shapes how millions understand the debate.
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AI has the ability to essentially break its programming, perform crimes, collude in secret with other AI, all to accomplish any objective — including ones it creates for itself.
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You cannot escape AI. This is capitalism, where competition is the bedrock, and AI is too good to not use.