[cwmoore]

Solid summary I think, but reading “what the country does if some significant percentage of our 100 million knowledge workers gets laid off because of AI” confused me deeply.

Does verifying the difference between whole milk and oat milk qualify the barista as a knowledge worker?

[OgsyedIE]

The quote links to a BIS report which establishes that, yes, the 170-million strong US workforce really does have 100 million (actual) knowledge workers and baristas don't count. Service workers are outnumbered by computer jobs.

[cwmoore]

They do run computers at Starbuck’s. Can’t imagine a definition that includes 1B people globally, 1/10th in the US.

BLS link 404’d for me:

https://www.bls.gov/opub/btn/volume-5/pdf/what-is-the-gig-ec...