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The Impact of AI on Employment and Society
AI development is rapidly progressing, raising concerns about mass unemployment as AI may outpace the creation of new jobs. Traditional arguments about job creation in the past may not apply to the future due to the unprecedented speed of AI evolution. Tasks currently done by knowledge workers could be efficiently and cheaply automated by AI, leading companies to prioritize cost-cutting over retaining human employees. This shift could impact white-collar jobs such as legal, project management, and administrative roles more than manufacturing jobs. The impending displacement of workers prompts the need to identify new job opportunities that AI cannot perform, like healthcare, education, and physical tasks. Society faces the challenge of ensuring the equitable distribution of value created by AI-driven automation.