August 15, 2026 22:20
How corporations can mitigate an AI jobocalypse
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Artificial intelligence-related job displacement is coming, though no one knows how fast it will proceed, how far it will go, and which sectors it will affect most. Much depends on the pace at which individual firms apply the technology to their operations. A recent US Census Bureau Business Trends and Outlook Survey indicates that only 20 percent of firms with fewer than 20 employees currently use AI, compared to 37 percent of businesses with at least 250 employees. While larger firms are doing more with the technology, 37 percent is still quite meager considering the survey’s low threshold for answering in the affirmative (whether AI is used “in any business function”).
