Here's a fascinating analysis from @econ_b (at the @DigEconLab
) of the trends in employment for two potential "canaries in the coal mine" for AI-exposure: Software Developers and Customer Service Reps. Without peaking, what do you think happened in each occupation recently?
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AI Impact on Software Developers and Customer Service Employment Trends
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Freedom from Employment Boosts Productivity and Focus
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I mean, I am glad I don’t work for anyone rn, otherwise I’d get nothing done on a day like this.
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AI-Powered Engagement Algorithms Will Transform User Content Preferences
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Nah, people will just get used to it. Most of them will actually prefer it. Especially videos made just for you from scratch. If you think the current engagement algos are powerful, just wait to see what happens when they are turbocharged with AI.
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ChatGPT Connectors Launch Sparks AI Competition
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pretty amazing to finally see connectors being added to chatgpt, the race is on
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AI Tools Stack: Make, Leonardo, and Recall Automation
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Almost identical to my stack. Except replace Zapier with Make for automation. And replace ChatGPT for image generation with Leonardo. Haven’t tried Recall yet either. Gonna try it today on this recommendation. 🙂
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Software Inertia and LLM Adaptation: UI Automation vs Legacy Systems
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Imo you are also dramatically under-estimating inertia, including in Software (e.g. see pervasive use of COBOL to this day). The more general formulation looks something like this. Do LLMs adapt to all existing software? (e.g. Operator seeing UI screens, making clicks)
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Amazon, Hugging Face lead robotics breakthroughs this week
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Top stories in robotics today: – Amazon testing humanoid delivery bots
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– Unitree, Reborn team up to fast-track humanoids
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Dario Amodei Warns AI Could Eliminate 50% of Office Jobs
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Vous avez peut-être raté la vidéo la plus importante de cette année. Dario Amodei, PDG d’Anthropic (Claude), ex-vice président de OPEN AI (Chatgpt), vient d’annoncer : – 50% des emplois de bureau supprimés – Sous peu, un chômage à 20%-30% – Les plus grandes entreprises
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AgenticSeek: Open-Source Private Web Browsing AI Agent
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Open-source, private, local alternative to Manus AI! Introducing AgenticSeek, an autonomous agent that browses the web, writes code, and plans tasks, all on your device. It runs entirely on your hardware, ensuring complete privacy and zero cloud dependency. 100% Open Source
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Optimus robots democratization transforming home automation
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Optimus está llamado a liderar un cambio de paradigma en el que los robots se integren en nuestros hogares para realizar las tareas más tediosas
— Juan Merodio (@juanmerodio) 5 juin 2025
Cuando el precio se democratice, se convertirá en un electrodoméstico más que nos permitirá ganar tiempo para lo que realmente importa pic.twitter.com/sDH23T9QOIOptimus está llamado a liderar un cambio de paradigma en el que los robots se integren en nuestros hogares para realizar las tareas más tediosas Cuando el precio se democratice, se convertirá en un electrodoméstico más que nos permitirá ganar tiempo para lo que realmente importa