News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on 90% of US working hours are spent on tasks not covered well by AI benchmarks. Parent comment

Re:90% of US working hours are spent on tasks not covered we... by zzzeek on Friday October 16, 2026 @04:30PM (#50124214)
there are also declining birthrates globally. People are living longer and fewer young people are being born to be able to replace them as well as to do all the work in supporting such a population. Which means jobs like janitorial and food service are going to become much more in demand anyway.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:90% of US working hours are spent on tasks not covered we... by SJC_Hacker on Friday October 16, 2026 @11:13PM (#50127554)
Declining population also means declining demand for those same services
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:90% of US working hours are spent on tasks not covered we... by zzzeek on Sunday October 18, 2026 @12:09PM (#50142328)
not really. a declining population is an aging population. think nurses, home healthcare assistants, food service, housing, a million other services that seniors use lots of (like all of us) but they're in the distinct situation of not actually being able to contribute to any of those services. Look at Japan for this scenario playing out right now (and why they are having to add exceptions to their normally extremely strict worker immigration rules).
[ Parent | on HN ]