No. of Recommendations: 8
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generation of AI systems could replace half of entry-level jobs and drive
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In 1870, about 70% of the US population were working in agriculture.
By 1960 that number had dropped to 3% and it's currently 2%.
If you could have plausibly convinced someone in the latter half of
the 19th century that most of the agrarian work would be gone,
they probably would have been very concerned about the lack of
employment for working age men.
-Rubic
