AI and job losses: How the next automation wave will impact the workforce

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A recent Tufts University study identifies writers, programmers, and designers as the occupations most vulnerable to displacement by AI over the next three to five years, highlighting a paradox where jobs most assisted by the technology are also the most at risk. Concurrently, research from Stanford indicates that young workers aged 22 to 25 in AI-exposed fields have seen employment drop by 16%, as AI tends to substitute for the formal knowledge typical of early-career employees while complementing the experience of older staff.

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