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Workers grappling with the rapid growth of artificial intelligence have said they feel “devalued” by the technology and warned of a downward trajectory in the quality of work.

Recent analysis by the International Monetary Fund found AI would affect about 40% of jobs around the world. Its head, Kristalina Georgieva, has said: “This is like a tsunami hitting the labour market.”

Workers who have trained AI models to replace some or all of their roles tell the Guardian about their experiences.

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[-] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 5 points 8 hours ago

Going to have to challenge the math here ... 20% of 10 is two, not four. Granted, HR may cull four anyway, but in terms of what LLMs can currently do, HR is a perfect thing to replace. Literally all they do is follow rules to benefit the company. Sounds a bit like coding to me ...

[-] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 3 points 7 hours ago

now increasingly overworked employees

My point was that HR will replace some of the workload, and remove more of the workers. Then those remaining get lumped with an even greater workload than they had before.

[-] dieICEdie@lemmy.org 2 points 6 hours ago

Tale as old as time.

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