White collar workers displaced by AI could spark a revolution

The question isn’t whether AI will displace workers, but which workers — and what happens when America’s comfortable laptop class finds itself on the wrong side of technological disruption for the …

See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google Earlier this month, Microsoft announced plans to lay off 9,000 employees , joining the ranks of tech companies cutting headcounts while touting the productivity gains enabled by artificial intelligence. According to CEO Satya Nadella, up to 30% of the company’s code is now being written by AI. Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff one-upped him after his own firm’s layoffs, claiming that up to 50% of their work is now being shouldered by AI. These are not simply corporate earnings call updates. They are previewing the futur

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