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☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻“The story of automation in the US is that it has mostly impacted on manual workers in manufacturing. For example, factory employees — such as carmakers — performing routine tasks have lost their jobs to robots — or lower-cost Asian competitors.<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/IndustrialAutomation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndustrialAutomation</a> has tended to affect lower-skilled, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/BlueCollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BlueCollar</a> jobs in the “<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/rustbelt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rustbelt</a>” heartlands and small-town, less-educated communities in the south and midwest. But a recent study from the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/BrookingsInstitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BrookingsInstitution</a> suggests that the communities most exposed to AI-driven job dislocation will be <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/WhiteCollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WhiteCollar</a> information workers. The researchers studied the usage of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/OpenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenAI</a>’s <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GenerativeAI</a> tools across more than 1,000 occupations and mapped this against where those jobs were most commonly located. Their analysis suggests that many <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/coders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coders</a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/lawyers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lawyers</a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/FinancialAnalysts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FinancialAnalysts</a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/bureaucrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bureaucrats</a> in cities such as San Jose, San Francisco, Durham, New York and Washington DC might want to rethink their futures. But <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/NonOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NonOffice</a>-bound <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#workers</a> in places such as Las Vegas, Toledo, Ohio and Fort Wayne, Indiana may be less exposed to AI disruption.”My observation since 2022 when <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ChristopherHohn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChristopherHohn</a> an influential shareholder decided to *speak out* about “reducing its head count and paying (hi-tech) workers less”. [1]This is the decade where extreme (cost) pressure will be forced on White collar workers by the introduction of AI. <<a href="https://archive.md/YqF03" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.md/YqF03</a>> / <<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/04343a69-8204-493c-b8c6-edfbd4057199" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/content/04343a69-8204-493c-b8c6-edfbd4057199</a>> (paywall)[1] <<a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanponciano/2022/11/15/billionaire-hedge-fund-investor-urges-alphabet-to-cut-costs-no-justification-for-salaries-that-are-too-high/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanponciano/2022/11/15/billionaire-hedge-fund-investor-urges-alphabet-to-cut-costs-no-justification-for-salaries-that-are-too-high/</a>>

☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻The technology white collar eradication continues. Since 2022 where <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TCI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TCI</a> Fundie <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ChristopherHohn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChristopherHohn</a>* decided he needed a pay rise, one way was to demand <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#google</a> loose it’s “over paid” <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Engineers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Engineers</a>. Big Tech has followed by stripping workers and looking at <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> as a replacement,It’s 2025 and…“Meta's plan to erase 5% of workforce starts today” <<a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/10/meta_to_toss_5_of/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/10/meta_to_toss_5_of/</a>>VS “Binned off staff, slashed stock options. What's next? Ah yes, bigger C-suite bonuses (Meta/Facebook)”<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/WhiteCollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WhiteCollar</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tech</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/tehc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tehc</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/pay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pay</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/conditions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#conditions</a> <<a href="https://theregister.com/2025/02/22/meta_pumps_executive_bonuses/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://theregister.com/2025/02/22/meta_pumps_executive_bonuses/</a>> * <<a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanponciano/2022/11/15/billionaire-hedge-fund-investor-urges-alphabet-to-cut-costs-no-justification-for-salaries-that-are-too-high/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanponciano/2022/11/15/billionaire-hedge-fund-investor-urges-alphabet-to-cut-costs-no-justification-for-salaries-that-are-too-high/</a>>

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