Economist: AI destroyed 200k US jobs but created ~1 million — a 5-to-1 ratio
luisdans · x · 2026-09-19
- Since mid-2023, roughly 200,000 US jobs have been cut with companies openly blaming AI: customer service down 10%, admin/secretary roles down 15%.
- On the other side, AI has created about 1 million new jobs — roughly five for every one destroyed, per The Economist's count.
- The author notes the past two years of discourse focused only on job losses and the death of entry-level roles, while few outlets actually tallied both sides of the ledger.
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