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The following is a guest post and opinion from Manouk Termaaten, Founder and CEO of Vertical Studio AI. In his debut novel Player Piano, the American author Kurt Vonnegut writes of a dystopia in which automation has taken all of the jobs—even the jobs of barbers. The novel makes clear where the author stands on machines and their effect on jobs. More than 70 years after the book’s publication, the public views AI as the latest job killer. Pew Research Center found that 64 percent of the public thinks AI will lead to fewer jobs over the next 20 years. Fewer experts, however, agree—just 39 percent. About three-quarters of U.S. adults and AI experts both think that jobs like cashiers are at risk over the next 20 years. Half or more also say the same is true for journalists, software engineers, and factory workers. Sixty-two percent of experts think that there will be fewer truck driving jobs due to AI, but a mere 33 percent of the public agrees. Is the outlook truly so bleak? One study confirms the public’s suspicions that AI will impact the jobs market, though some industries and regions will be more impacted than others. The study finds AI could nonetheless play a notable role in worsening income inequality. “We find fairly major negative employment effects,” MIT economist Daron Acemoglu says. He also says, however, the negative impact of AI can be overstated. While the AI industry could eliminate certain jobs, it is also likely to create many new jobs we never would have imagined possible. On the other hand, a different study finds that AI will create three novel types of AI-driven jobs—trainers, explainers, and sustainers. The doom and gloom about AI replacing all the jobs is just pure and simple economic fallacy. The AI…

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