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Re: AI Will Create More Jobs Than It Eliminates By 2027

From	john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com>
Newsgroups	sci.electronics.design
Subject	Re: AI Will Create More Jobs Than It Eliminates By 2027
Date	2026-02-02 10:05 -0800
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On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 04:38:40 -0700, Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid>
wrote:

>Not sure I really believe that...
>
><https://content.techgig.com/career-advice/ai-job-creation-outpaces-job-loss-by-2027-gartner-report/articleshow/125430751.cms>
>
>But, do imagine all of the "low hanging fruit" will disappear.
>Which will likely include most entry level positions.
>
>I don't think folks have thought this through, completely.  Entry
>level jobs do more than bring folks up to speed on the technology
>and their job rolls.  But, also, how an organization works and
>expectations that must be met (even those that aren't spelled
>out in an employee handbook).
>
>I recall a company I worked for transitioning to JIT manufacturing.
>EVERYONE went to training (even the line workers).  Because the
>technology was a tiny part of the transformation -- the mindset
>was the biggest hurdle to overcome.  "If you need an item in
>3 hours, then EXPECT it in 3 hours (don't pad your requirement
>to *4* hours!)"
>
>I also see lots of PRACTICAL skill set deficiencies -- things
>you can't teach  other than at *the* job (not *a* job).  E.g.,
>you may not have access to the resources that you "need" at
>the times you would LIKE to have them!  How do you dynamically
>adjust your workload so you're not unproductive during those times?
>
>Software folks will have it particularly hard because they likely
>won't know the range of problems that they will have to address
>and likely will have little application domain knowledge to ease the
>way forward; if you can't tell a chatbot WHAT to write, then the
>code it generates will be no better than what YOU would have written.
>
>I imagine similar issues in other fields.  The "apprentice level"
>will be elided and an emphasis on "journeymen" and "masters".
>For them, AI will be a blessing as they won't have to rely on
>inexperienced "apprentices" to do all the grunt work!  And,
>spend their time looking for all the familiar problems that
>will likely be in those "products".
>
>This was paarticularly amusing:
>    "Seventy-four per cent of CIOs are either losing money or breaking even
>    on their AI investments."
>So, maybe the CIOs are the first ones that should be replaced?

This morning's Register is all AI.

https://www.theregister.com/

This is a crazy fad, dot.bomb all over again.



John Larkin
Highland Tech Glen Canyon Design Center
Lunatic Fringe Electronics

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AI Will Create More Jobs Than It Eliminates By 2027 Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2026-02-02 04:38 -0700
  Re: AI Will Create More Jobs Than It Eliminates By 2027 john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-02-02 07:37 -0800
    Re: AI Will Create More Jobs Than It Eliminates By 2027 Phil Hobbs <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> - 2026-02-02 11:37 -0500
      Re: AI Will Create More Jobs Than It Eliminates By 2027 john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-02-02 08:57 -0800
        Re: AI Will Create More Jobs Than It Eliminates By 2027 john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-02-03 15:15 -0800
          Re: AI Will Create More Jobs Than It Eliminates By 2027 Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2026-02-05 00:59 +1100
            Re: AI Will Create More Jobs Than It Eliminates By 2027 john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-02-04 08:52 -0800
              Re: AI Will Create More Jobs Than It Eliminates By 2027 Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2026-02-05 16:37 +1100
                Re: AI Will Create More Jobs Than It Eliminates By 2027 john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-02-05 08:13 -0800
                Re: AI Will Create More Jobs Than It Eliminates By 2027 Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2026-02-06 17:43 +1100
  Re: AI Will Create More Jobs Than It Eliminates By 2027 john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-02-02 10:05 -0800
    Re: AI Will Create More Jobs Than It Eliminates By 2027 bitrex <user@example.net> - 2026-02-02 13:47 -0500
      Re: AI Will Create More Jobs Than It Eliminates By 2027 Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2026-02-02 12:07 -0700
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      Re: AI Will Create More Jobs Than It Eliminates By 2027 john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-02-02 17:29 -0800
        Re: AI Will Create More Jobs Than It Eliminates By 2027 Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2026-02-02 19:37 -0800
          Re: AI Will Create More Jobs Than It Eliminates By 2027 john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-02-02 20:47 -0800
            Re: AI Will Create More Jobs Than It Eliminates By 2027 Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2026-02-03 16:08 +1100
            Re: AI Will Create More Jobs Than It Eliminates By 2027 Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2026-02-03 08:03 -0800
              Re: AI Will Create More Jobs Than It Eliminates By 2027 john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-02-03 08:24 -0800
                Re: AI Will Create More Jobs Than It Eliminates By 2027 Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2026-02-04 16:39 +1100
                Re: AI Will Create More Jobs Than It Eliminates By 2027 john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-02-04 03:37 -0800
                Re: AI Will Create More Jobs Than It Eliminates By 2027 Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2026-02-04 23:50 +1100
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                Re: AI Will Create More Jobs Than It Eliminates By 2027 Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2026-02-05 16:01 +1100
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                Re: AI Will Create More Jobs Than It Eliminates By 2027 john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-02-05 08:36 -0800
                Re: AI Will Create More Jobs Than It Eliminates By 2027 Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2026-02-06 17:47 +1100
                Re: AI Will Create More Jobs Than It Eliminates By 2027 john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-02-06 11:06 -0800
                Re: AI Will Create More Jobs Than It Eliminates By 2027 Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2026-02-07 15:32 +1100
                Re: AI Will Create More Jobs Than It Eliminates By 2027 john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-02-07 08:24 -0800
                Re: AI Will Create More Jobs Than It Eliminates By 2027 Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2026-02-08 15:26 +1100
                Re: AI Will Create More Jobs Than It Eliminates By 2027 Gerhard Hoffmann <dk4xp@arcor.de> - 2026-02-07 11:37 +0100
                Re: AI Will Create More Jobs Than It Eliminates By 2027 Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2026-02-08 00:16 +1100
                Re: AI Will Create More Jobs Than It Eliminates By 2027 Jeroen Belleman <jeroen@nospam.please> - 2026-02-07 15:45 +0100
                Re: AI Will Create More Jobs Than It Eliminates By 2027 Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2026-02-08 02:35 +1100
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                Re: AI Will Create More Jobs Than It Eliminates By 2027 Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2026-02-09 00:59 +1100
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                Re: AI Will Create More Jobs Than It Eliminates By 2027 Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2026-02-08 15:43 +1100
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                Re: AI Will Create More Jobs Than It Eliminates By 2027 wmartin <wwm@wwmartin.net> - 2026-02-07 15:06 -0800
                Re: AI Will Create More Jobs Than It Eliminates By 2027 Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2026-02-08 15:56 +1100
                Re: AI Will Create More Jobs Than It Eliminates By 2027 Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2026-02-08 15:53 +1100
                Re: AI Will Create More Jobs Than It Eliminates By 2027 john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-02-07 08:38 -0800
                Re: AI Will Create More Jobs Than It Eliminates By 2027 Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2026-02-08 15:58 +1100
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                Re: AI Will Create More Jobs Than It Eliminates By 2027 Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2026-02-08 16:00 +1100
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                Re: AI Will Create More Jobs Than It Eliminates By 2027 Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2026-02-06 17:56 +1100
                Re: AI Will Create More Jobs Than It Eliminates By 2027 john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-02-06 03:56 -0800
                Re: AI Will Create More Jobs Than It Eliminates By 2027 Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2026-02-07 00:48 +1100
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                Re: AI Will Create More Jobs Than It Eliminates By 2027 Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2026-02-07 15:44 +1100
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    Re: AI Will Create More Jobs Than It Eliminates By 2027 Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2026-02-02 12:24 -0700
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