[sky2224]

> In just 18 months since ChatGPT, AI has already displaced coding, design, research, and support roles.

Can you provide an actually credible source that shows this? And what do you mean by "displaced"? Sure, AI is aiding, but it is nowhere close to replacing.

So far, the people I've seen mentioning that AI is taking jobs haven't actually provided evidence of this being the case.

[mandarwagh]

Fair point, but “displacement” does not always mean one-to-one replacement, it means fewer humans are hired because AI covers part of the workload. There is credible evidence: IBM froze hiring for 7,800 roles citing AI, Duolingo laid off contractors due to AI translation, and Klarna reported its AI assistant now does the work of 700 support agents. These are early signals of substitution, not just assistance.

[sixtyj]

Imagine hardware industries :) Agriculture, forestry, carpenters… AI is toothless and maybe it is or will be used as aid.

Everybody wants AI, it is similar to ebook readers will displace books, websites will displace other marketing channels, PDAs will displace desktop computers, and tablets will displace PDAs etc…

AI fever it is and we should take some drugs to cool down :)

[mandarwagh]

Skepticism makes sense, but unlike ebooks or PDAs, AI directly changes the economics of labor. IBM, Klarna, and Duolingo have already cut roles citing AI. Agriculture and hardware will feel it too once robots integrate with AI for planning, optimization, and automation. This is not just hype, it is cost-driven adoption, and cost curves rarely cool down.

[sixtyj]

Agriculture is ruled by John Deere and maybe there will be self-driving tractors with satellite navigation but the parts behind tractor are more important and you need some human to exchange them during shift…