Generative AI is not replacing jobs or hurting wages at all, say economists

Re:Generative AI is not replacing jobs or hurting wages at a... by jakubmazanec on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @03:45PM (#43837172)

Awfully early? We have "useful" LLMs for almost three years. Where is the productivity increase? Also, your example is not very relevant. 1) Would you pay the professional if you couldn't find the answer yourself? 2) If search engines were still useful (I'm assuming you googled first), wouldn't they be able to find the official calculator too?

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Re:Generative AI is not replacing jobs or hurting wages at a... by decimalenough on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @06:03PM (#43838536)

LLMs have come a long way in those 3 years. The early ones were absolute garbage compared to what we have today.

1) Yes. I had in fact already booked the appointment, but decided to try asking Gemini for shits and giggles.

2) I did google, but I didn't know an official calculator existed, and the search results presented me with a morass of random links that I couldn't make heads or tails of. Remember, I'm not a domain expert in this area.

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Re:Generative AI is not replacing jobs or hurting wages at a... by jakubmazanec on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @05:39AM (#43842967)

So search is broken, and our answer is creating energy-guzzling bullshitting AIs. No wonder there is no change in productivity.

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