Asymco: AI Chose Taxi Driving Over Trucking, Where 10% of Jobs Go Unfilled
asymco · x · 2026-10-15
Analyst asymco pokes fun at where AI's job displacement is landing: it "applied" to drive taxis in a market with more workers than jobs, while trucking—where over 10% of positions sit unfilled—went ignored. "AI does not seem so smart," he quips, highlighting that AI adoption isn't targeting labor shortages but rather already crowded occupations.
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