Augmentative AI grows employment

Updated: 2025.10.13 8D ago 1 sources
The Stanford analysis distinguishes between AI that replaces tasks and AI that assists workers. In occupations where AI functions as an augmenting tool, employment has held steady or increased across age groups. This suggests AI’s impact depends on deployment design, not just exposure. — It reframes automation debates by showing that steering AI toward augmentation can preserve or expand jobs, informing workforce policy and product design.

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Are young workers canaries in the AI coal mine?
Tim Brinkhof 2025.10.13 100% relevant
Stanford Digital Economy Lab’s 'Canaries in the Coal Mine?' reports stable or rising employment where AI augments work, contrasted with declines in automating roles.
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