Subject: bad news for "knowledge" workers
MIT study finds AI can already replace 11.7% of U.S. workforce

What the researchers found is that the visible tip of the iceberg — the layoffs and role shifts in tech, computing and information technology — represents just 2.2% of total wage exposure, or about $211 billion. Beneath the surface lies the total exposure, the $1.2 trillion in wages, and that includes routine functions in human resources, logistics, finance, and office administration. Those are areas sometimes overlooked in automation forecasts.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/2...

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