On Friday, in an annual data dump from BLS, it emerged that a depression in these “artificial intelligence related occupations” really does appear to be happening. This category was down by 0.2% from May of 2024 to May of 2025, a tiny drop, but one made more notable by employment in general trending up 0.8% in the same time period.
A_Novelty-Account on
Reddit can’t believe that this is happening and so every one of these post gets downvoted. Somewhat ironic considering the only way we stop this is banding together and doing something, but that’s not gonna happen so…
Edit: when I first commented this post was in the negatives
Abhoth52 on
And none of that will appear in any jobs report from this Admin me thinks.
Bradparsley25 on
My wife is talking about leaving her manual still need a human body medical career to go into a data entry medical coding career path and I’m like… I get her reasoning why but are you nuts??
ARazorbacks on
There’s a massive recession looming at the same time as AI is the latest goose laying the golden eggs. Companies are laying people off to get ahead of the recession and using AI to pump market value.
We won’t know for 10-20 years if this is actually AI replacing jobs or companies insulating themselves from the coming recession.
NemeanMiniLion on
My company has frozen hiring and we’re going to end contracts as soon as software is live. We’re gearing up for a five year reduction plan. My role will position me to make this happen in many areas of the company. Cloud computing was the last time I saw something this big rock the market. People keep saying it’s a bubble, and it may be, but the job loss is real.
Edit: As a side note because I already got one nastygram, we don’t do layoffs. We just won’t backfill the enormous numbers of retirees. This does seem a systemic shift that will change the skills required of entry level workers. Domain knowledge is still heavily needed however domain isn’t often taught in programming school. These kids HAVE to specialize beyond Software Engineering. I don’t think a bachelors is enough now. They need that resume line experience with vendors and university funded projects.
AGLegit on
Companies are still using AI as an excuse to cut costs in a market where consumer spending, outside of commodities, (and frankly B2B outside of compute) is down.
AI is increasing efficiency, but outside of power users (Codex, Claude Code), it’s not going to fully replace human workers in the near future outside of jobs that are most easy to automate.
The core problem AI is facing now is that PE money is starting to dry up and costs to use the best models will begin to meet parity with a human workers’ salary.
AI is here to stay, but with basic models with light token usage until society can more cheaply produce the energy needed to power better models. As a result, human workers won’t be meaningfully displaced until then… in a layman’s opinion.
lm28ness on
Companies that are using AI to replace people instead of as a tool to make people more efficient will probably ending failing. Properly used AI will undoubtedly reduce workforce but those the thrive will do so methodically.
_Lucille_ on
A lot of the jobs described are indeed at risk, but wouldn’t be fully replaced (and no, this ain’t the „find an excuse to do layoffs type“.
Take translator for example: instead of a person manually translating everything, likely they will become more like an editor and guide the LLM and also edit the work after.
The same can be said with graphics designer: reality is that a lot of times we don’t need some perfectly drawn graphic, but just some sort of a visual aid; the „non mission critical graphics“ type. I am at the very least seeing a lot more AI graphics in situations where someone would have used a stock image in the past, and I have also seen people use AI to generate some new backgrounds for their PowerPoint presentations.
fedexyourheadinabox on
Well, it’s all about a revolt on workers. The pandemic lockdowns gave many people a taste of what it’s like to be free from the chains of committing one’s life to work and have some quality of life and not spend unpaid hours commuting to the office.
People started thinking about reduced work weeks and increased benefits and growing their own food and not spending an arm and a leg on child care, etc, etc.
This terrified the wealth class and now they’re showing who is boss again. This technology ain’t all it’s cracked up to be, but it doesn’t matter. It provides a shiny object for shareholder and investors, and also sticks it to workers, with the bonus of blaming the layoffs on „AI.“
The wealth class is running a scam, as always.
Tolaly on
As a parent, I legitimately dont know how to set my kid up for success. We’re going to see a massive influx in the trades as people lose their jobs, and things are changing so quickly I dont even know what to encourage. Obviously kids should grow up to do ehat theyre passionate about but what will jobs even look like in ten years?
treckin on
It’s ebb and flow. Once the equilibrium hits again, the only way to grow and innovate around your competition will be to add more people to your venture.
Jujubatron on
Impossible. Reddit told me it’s a bubble. I’m shocked.
MsSelphine on
I don’t believe a damn word that comes from this admins BLS. Bunch of goddamn flunkies
FuttleScish on
It’s funny that nobody here has read the article because they‘re bringing up everything *but* the jobs the report says are declining, which is mostly just salespeople and secretaries
CymonSet on
Someone noted the other day that a lot of white collar jobs used to be denigrated by many as overpaid “pencil pushers” and “bureaucrats“ and you would often hear people argue that we should get rid of half or 2/3rds of them and everything would be so much more efficient. They were just taking money that should be going to the deserving “working man”.
Suddenly that starts to become feasible and everyone starts changing their tune? Popular attitudes can sure be fickle.
Other_Summer_1903 on
I’m so glad the government has a plan for what we’ve been predicting for three years would happen.. /s
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On Friday, in an annual data dump from BLS, it emerged that a depression in these “artificial intelligence related occupations” really does appear to be happening. This category was down by 0.2% from May of 2024 to May of 2025, a tiny drop, but one made more notable by employment in general trending up 0.8% in the same time period.
Reddit can’t believe that this is happening and so every one of these post gets downvoted. Somewhat ironic considering the only way we stop this is banding together and doing something, but that’s not gonna happen so…
Edit: when I first commented this post was in the negatives
And none of that will appear in any jobs report from this Admin me thinks.
My wife is talking about leaving her manual still need a human body medical career to go into a data entry medical coding career path and I’m like… I get her reasoning why but are you nuts??
There’s a massive recession looming at the same time as AI is the latest goose laying the golden eggs. Companies are laying people off to get ahead of the recession and using AI to pump market value.
We won’t know for 10-20 years if this is actually AI replacing jobs or companies insulating themselves from the coming recession.
My company has frozen hiring and we’re going to end contracts as soon as software is live. We’re gearing up for a five year reduction plan. My role will position me to make this happen in many areas of the company. Cloud computing was the last time I saw something this big rock the market. People keep saying it’s a bubble, and it may be, but the job loss is real.
Edit: As a side note because I already got one nastygram, we don’t do layoffs. We just won’t backfill the enormous numbers of retirees. This does seem a systemic shift that will change the skills required of entry level workers. Domain knowledge is still heavily needed however domain isn’t often taught in programming school. These kids HAVE to specialize beyond Software Engineering. I don’t think a bachelors is enough now. They need that resume line experience with vendors and university funded projects.
Companies are still using AI as an excuse to cut costs in a market where consumer spending, outside of commodities, (and frankly B2B outside of compute) is down.
AI is increasing efficiency, but outside of power users (Codex, Claude Code), it’s not going to fully replace human workers in the near future outside of jobs that are most easy to automate.
The core problem AI is facing now is that PE money is starting to dry up and costs to use the best models will begin to meet parity with a human workers’ salary.
AI is here to stay, but with basic models with light token usage until society can more cheaply produce the energy needed to power better models. As a result, human workers won’t be meaningfully displaced until then… in a layman’s opinion.
Companies that are using AI to replace people instead of as a tool to make people more efficient will probably ending failing. Properly used AI will undoubtedly reduce workforce but those the thrive will do so methodically.
A lot of the jobs described are indeed at risk, but wouldn’t be fully replaced (and no, this ain’t the „find an excuse to do layoffs type“.
Take translator for example: instead of a person manually translating everything, likely they will become more like an editor and guide the LLM and also edit the work after.
The same can be said with graphics designer: reality is that a lot of times we don’t need some perfectly drawn graphic, but just some sort of a visual aid; the „non mission critical graphics“ type. I am at the very least seeing a lot more AI graphics in situations where someone would have used a stock image in the past, and I have also seen people use AI to generate some new backgrounds for their PowerPoint presentations.
Well, it’s all about a revolt on workers. The pandemic lockdowns gave many people a taste of what it’s like to be free from the chains of committing one’s life to work and have some quality of life and not spend unpaid hours commuting to the office.
People started thinking about reduced work weeks and increased benefits and growing their own food and not spending an arm and a leg on child care, etc, etc.
This terrified the wealth class and now they’re showing who is boss again. This technology ain’t all it’s cracked up to be, but it doesn’t matter. It provides a shiny object for shareholder and investors, and also sticks it to workers, with the bonus of blaming the layoffs on „AI.“
The wealth class is running a scam, as always.
As a parent, I legitimately dont know how to set my kid up for success. We’re going to see a massive influx in the trades as people lose their jobs, and things are changing so quickly I dont even know what to encourage. Obviously kids should grow up to do ehat theyre passionate about but what will jobs even look like in ten years?
It’s ebb and flow. Once the equilibrium hits again, the only way to grow and innovate around your competition will be to add more people to your venture.
Impossible. Reddit told me it’s a bubble. I’m shocked.
I don’t believe a damn word that comes from this admins BLS. Bunch of goddamn flunkies
It’s funny that nobody here has read the article because they‘re bringing up everything *but* the jobs the report says are declining, which is mostly just salespeople and secretaries
Someone noted the other day that a lot of white collar jobs used to be denigrated by many as overpaid “pencil pushers” and “bureaucrats“ and you would often hear people argue that we should get rid of half or 2/3rds of them and everything would be so much more efficient. They were just taking money that should be going to the deserving “working man”.
Suddenly that starts to become feasible and everyone starts changing their tune? Popular attitudes can sure be fickle.
I’m so glad the government has a plan for what we’ve been predicting for three years would happen.. /s