The new generation takes to AI like fish to the water. The old generation drowns.
JOBS
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AI Integration Drives 400K White Collar Job Losses First Time
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-400k white collar workers -first annual decline since 2026 And everyone knows that the big companies are already trying to integrate AI even more deeply.
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AI Regulation and Professional Credential Competition in Key Industries
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Whether there or more or less jobs, they will certainly change, and professions will compete to gain jurisdiction over valuable ones, in large part through regulation, requiring credentials, and appealing to the public. Expect action on how AI can be used in law, medicine etc.
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Job Boundaries Contested Without Job Losses
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You don't need less jobs to have a contestation over job boundaries
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Sociology Perspectives on AI Job Transformation Debate
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Two lessons:
1) Economists are currently very dominant in the discussion over AI and job transformation, but sociology has a lot to add
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Professional Boundaries Shift as AI Disrupts Jobs
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A thing I see missing from AI job debates is that as jobs are disrupted by AI, professions will compete over new boundaries Abbot's System of Professions is a good read on what happens historically. Here is a short cartoon summary by a lizard painted in the style of Egon Schiele
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Fabricated Job Numbers Ignore Existing Staff Positions
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Completely made up number, and ignores how many are already on staff. These are ADDITIONAL jobs. Blocked for fabricating numbers and not understanding what’s going on.
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Senior Competitive Advantage: Teaching AI with Experience
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How can old people compete with the 20-year-olds?
— Robert Scoble (@Scobleizer) 26 avril 2026
I built https://t.co/kiuZ7QXLzb
It reads all the AI community here on X.
I built it. I am 61 years old. No 20 year old has built anything close.
The secret for old people is to take your knowledge and teach AIs.
The kids… https://t.co/Lld1YZbmz1How can old people compete with the 20-year-olds? I built https://
alignednews.com/ai It reads all the AI community here on X. I built it. I am 61 years old. No 20 year old has built anything close. The secret for old people is to take your knowledge and teach AIs. The kids -
Clarification on AI Job Positions Numbers
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• 25,000 is (as far as I know) a made up number
• 70 is the number of NEW positions, not total positions.