AI is not yet driving US job losses

The latest US employment figures have not shown a surge in job losses attributed to AI, according to multiple analysts. While some have theorized a "jobpocalypse" due to AI, others argue that it's too early to draw such conclusions. Economist Noah Smith noted that it's "extremely hard" to identify any occupations that AI has made obsolete so far.

He suggested that like previous technological revolutions, AI could potentially add as many or even more jobs than it destroys. The Economist even touted an "AI jobs boom," estimating that the technology has created 1 million new US jobs. Despite a white-collar hiring lull that some attribute to AI, the job market for US workers without college degrees remains robust, according to The Wall Street Journal.

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